I will leave you with this lovely card they gave me in Wiener Seife, a shop selling soap. In English the card says “The very best here on earth is to be loved by you. “
The scroll is available on Amazon.com if you would like to purchase a copy. It is a nice quality scroll made of cotton with wooden dowels and cloth tassles. The scroll which can be hung by the top ribbon or easily rolled up.
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Meraki – a Greek word which in English means to do something with passion, love and undivided attention.
Photography by Debbie Sultemeier
Making soap has recently become my favorite passion project. Creating soap is creative and unpredictable. There seem to be an infinite number of ingredients that you can add to change the color, fragrance and texture. Soap is also useful and I can try out my creations every time I take a shower or wash my hands.
My feelings of longing and yearning are usually for people and places from my past. For example, summers bring a yearning for my grandparents. I vividly remember staying at their house during the summer and going swimming at the town pool or in a nearby river. But I’m interpreting the card’s advice as not to dwell on the past but instead to focus on yearning for future events and even life beyond the present one.
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A few days ago my husband and I drove the Willow City Loop between Fredericksburg and Llano in the Texas Hill Country. The multi-colored wildflowers, meandering creek and rocky hills were beautiful.
Willow City Loop, April 2019 Photography by Debbie Sultemeier
I’ve been making personalized soy wax candles for friends and family. This candle for Cristina contains lemongrass essential oil. I infused the soy wax overnight with turmeric root powder for the cheerful yellow color. The square mason jar is from AAA Candle.