!Christina's 5 questions
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agk's diary
22 April 2023 @ 15:34 UTC
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written on GPD Win 1 at McDonalds
1st daughter at farmer market with her aunt
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I love to answer Christina's questions; read
others' answers. She wrote 5 new ones!
gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/christyotwisty
1. What's my most memorable recent dream?
Evy's been dreaming of floodwaters endangering
first daughter. I wake to beeping Casio F-91W
wristwatch for work or first daughter's waking
sounds on the baby monitor. When I get a min-
ute to think, I can't recall dreams.
We share days off soon to celebrate our marr-
iage anniversary; when I tell Evy before gett-
ing up I remember dreams.
2. What instantly improves a sub-par day?
Good tea (jin jun mei, milk silk oolong). A
beautiful cow paces my bike down a country
lane. Give children structure & space to be
children; catch 'em using it well. Unexpected,
glimpse stunning sky, bright moon, river mist.
Nap, return to demanding day. Mailed letter
arrives. Surprised, laugh at quick wit, apt
retort. Pause, reflect after doing something
hard, especially together. A clean kitchen.
3. Uncommon/little-known wellness or beauty hack?
Use coconut & cold-pressed olive oil, grassfed
butter, castor oil, lanolin, mineral oil.
Any go on skin, especially dry or sunburned.
Rinse winterdry hands with cider vinegar first.
Castor oil warm with fresh castor leaf loosens
spasms, eases pain, cleans red painful wounds.
Light mineral oil coat on jute ropes protects
skin. Coconut oil deep-conditions hair. Commer-
cial grease like Huberd's maintains leather's
luster & suppleness.
I cook with the first 3, add to food. Butter &
coconut oil in coffee sometimes. Good fats keep
mood stable, sustain energy without crashes,
transport fat-soluble vitamins, develop food's
flavor. Good fats & oils are wealth.
4. What feels embarrassing but shouldn't?
First daughter's chatter & fuss in church.
5. In a small space how to responsibly discard or
recycle excess items?
Routinely flow items through space. Anything
new without a home lands in small receiving
area. If full, nothing new til you make room.
Discard stuff that never moves from holding
area. Designate homes for anything important.
Don't start unorganized junk drawers, piles,
hell closets. Designate holding area for
stuff to discard. Minimize inputs.
Periodically donate, sell, scrap discard area
stuff. Clear & discard accumulated snarls of
stuff. Get help from friends--laugh & let go.
