Susan Smith Thompson

Yes, that is actually the question. You see, I have issues with most deodorants. Rashes, fungal infections, or they just don’t work. Icky, huh?
But then I found this book:

and I made my own deodorant. Really. I did. Project #38. It took about 10 minutes, not including cooling time.
The ingredients are olive oil, organic beeswax, [...]

SYMPTOMS OF INNER PEACE
1. Tendency to think and act spontaneously, rather than from fears based on past experiences.
2. An unmistakeable ability to enjoy each moment.
3. Loss of interest in judging self.
4. Loss of interest in judging others.
5. Loss of interest in conflict and one-upmanship.
6. Loss of interest in interpreting actions of worry.
7. Loss of ability [...]

See you on the flip side! (around New Year’s)
Enjoy your holiday season, whatever holiday you celebrate.
Peace,
Susan

We’ll be turning off our lights tonight at 8:30 in support of Vote Earth, hopefully along with a billion other people around the world today in the fight against global warming. The city of Charlotte, NC is listed as a participating city. Wonder if anything official is planned or is it just listed because people [...]

I know, I’m part of The Compact and I shouldn’t be advocating for people to purchase new stuff. Shame on me. In my defense, I’m in lust with this thing. There, it’s out. Lust. I feel it. I ache for it.
For. A. Computery. Thing.

There, it’s out. I’m a geek. I lust for technology. I’m a [...]

Always a goal of mine, to live simply and more harmoniously with myself and my surroundings.
I spent a good chunk of this fine, lazy, Sunday morning drinking coffee and wandering through a blog named Zen Habits. I’m a sucker for anything named zen, then add something to do with productivity or simplifying or organizing, and [...]

The monks in Thailand got it right. It took over a million bottles to build their temple, including a crematorium, living quarters, and the toilets.
Clicking here will take you to the slide show, but don’t do it until you’re absolutely ready to leave my site. I can’t show the pics here for copyright reasons, though [...]

With prices of seemingly everything skyrocketing and an analysis of next year’s family budget, some belt tightening is in order. I thought I would start figuring out now how to stretch a few more dollars. We’re pretty frugal as it is, but there is always room for more.
1. Stay in town when I take [...]

Amazon.com created an Amazon Green program where customers can pick the best three green products Amazon offers, and also allows customers to shop green in one location instead of searching hither and yon throughout the site. I wandered through the section today and enjoyed the selection. I liked the advice in the few buying guides [...]