I recently received an email from Melinda Coss, a soapmaker and author from France. She’s involved with a program called Township Trades in South Africa, teaching teens business skills through soapmaking. Take a look at the video - it’s awesome!
Marie Gale
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OSWA - Oregon Small Woodland Association, Coos-Curry County Chapter, has a new President. As of the Annual Meeting (sometime in March) I will be taking the reins for the local chapter. I’ve been on the Board (and not really doing much) for a year now. Last week I decided that if I’m going to do it, I might as well DO it. It’s not as if I don’t know how to be the President of a small non-profit group!
Today has been such a diverse day. Normally people tend to stick to one or two somewhat related things during the course of business. Today I’ve been all over the map.
First thing this morning I worked on preparing a time line and pack of documentation to deliver to an attorney in time for him to read it before a 9:00 am meeting tomorrow.
In the middle of that I had to stop and check on the fence repairs around the barn.
While doing that, I found out there was a herd of about 30 elk down the hill, so everything stopped while we jumped in the truck with binoculars and camera to go check it out.
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I just had a great article published in Aromascents E-Magazine! If was fun to write - to review all of the things I know about the wonders of soapmaking and condense it down into just two pages. Once again I was struck by the wonder of what happens in the soap pot and how the magic always happens to make soap.
They’ve given me permission to post it, so you can read the full article, The Art And Science of Soapmaking.
