The Hexagon

Just a quick post to let everyone know that today is moving day! This week has been about packing boxes and sorting through a decade of stuff in the workshop. Now the real adventure begins in our Newfield base. There's still some finishing up going on there so the transition will be wobbly. As of yesterday, the HVAC was still going in, the floor in what will be the break room was being refinished. The house was in rough shape, and we took everything down to the studs, but we did manage to save the original 1850s floor in that...

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Great reasons to use the Simply Body soap net with your handmade bars of soap.

I came up with the blend for Vashti when I was looking for a romantic, lush floral with a bit of spice. I named it after a distant ancestor, who was herself named after the Persian queen immortalized in the Book of Esther. Queen Vashti is vilified by some and praised as a feminist icon by others (go ahead and look up the story; it's a good one!).  Alas, while those who love the Vashti blend are devoted, you are too few in number. So Vashti is retiring. We have a few bottles of lotion left, so get 'em (at...