Monday

Miscellaneous Rambling

I started trying essential oils last fall. I'm slowly becoming a believer.

Whenever I use them, good things happen: the inflamed tendon in my ankle feels better after I put peppermint on it, my son's hip that had been bothering him for months stopped hurting when he started carrying and regularly applying the Peppermint Roll-On, my mood lightens when I put the Energy Synergy in the diffuser, I sleep better with lavender.

Two specific pieces of anecdotal evidence: A few weeks ago, Meg and Tess came down with the stomach flu. I put Germ Fighter on the bottom of everyone else's feet on Monday night. I did the same thing on Tuesday night, but Michael wasn't home at the time so forgot to get his feet. The next day, Marie, Jack, Max, and I were fine; Michael came down with the stomach flu. And then last Saturday, my mother was racked wit bronchitis and having a hard time breathing. I brought my diffuser over and put in a few drops of frankincense, peppermint, and lavender. She felt better in less than a minute, so shocked by her turnaround that she asked me to order her a diffuser asap.

Below are Amazon links to the products mentioned above that have worked really well for me.

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So how'd everyone like the eclectic mix of sporadic postings last week? I kinda enjoy blogging that way, but to be honest, it's a lazy way. It's also superficial, but hey, isn't everything I write? TDE traffic neither waxed nor waned during the spasmodic week, so my only form of marketing study didn't tell me much.

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Good Dreher piece at The American Conservative. Excerpt: "A group of liberal Catholics in San Francisco are outraged at Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone's directive that Catholic school employees affirm that they will not “visibly” deny or undermine Catholic teaching, including on abortion and homosexuality. Slate's Will Saletan, a liberal who disagrees with the archbishop, says the protesters are nitwits."