Try women on waves. They have the exact procedure and dosages in 25 languages.

Cups shouldn’t be a worry, even with turns. One of my former students does arial acrobatics and trains pretty much every day. I know she uses a cup because she turned me onto cups. She’s upside down, barrel-rolling and spinning at least as much as any swimmer.

Thank you. She’s really incredible. She was a computer during WWII (did ballistics calculations) and took about two weeks off to have my eldest uncle (grandfather was in the Navy), then went right back to it. Unc went to daycare, she did maths. She never stopped working in mathematics (mostly accounting), even when…

... I’m not going to chime in on wipes wrecking skin or causing wrinkles. Don’t know, but color me skeptical. However, two step cleansing (finger massage with oil first, rinse, then foam with fingers and rinse) works really, really well for everything from day sweat and sunscreen to stage makeup. The oil is brilliant…

After years of lurking and cheering, crying and grumping with you all... I hope this isn’t the last SNS.

This recipe, have you established conditions for sharing it? I don’t think I can provide you with my first born — that horse is long out the gate — and while I adore my niblings, they’re challenging for a newcomer. I’d recommend against. But if you need me to pony up some cash for your book/ebook/hastily cranked pdf,…

You’re not alone. Never seen it, not planning to. I like Kate Winslet, I loved sailing ships and fin de siecle costumery, but I loathe LDC. I have never been able to bring myself to sit through however many minutes of his smarmy mug because he would ruin all of the potentially good parts by breathing near them.

Janome is great — they’re a Japanese company with a 70 year track record. They’re the Toyota pickup of the sewing machine world — reliable, intuitive, virtually unkillable, fantastic service, with pricing comparable to everyone else. I would totally recommend Janome for a neophyte. Babylock is also Asian; they’re the…

The bad news: this judge doesn’t come up for reelection until 2021.

I strongly suggest buying from a local shop rather than online for your main machine. The local shop comes with support. Once you get comfortable with the machine and process, then feel free to hit up that Amazon embroidery combo special or a starter serger — ghu knows I did — but with that first machine, having…

Honestly — craftsy video learning, look for a local to you machine sales and service shop with classes (almost all do, if they have any space for it, or can recommend if they don’t) and sign up for a membership with the American Sewing Guild so you can take advantage of their classes — most regions have many classes,…

Um... You’re supposed to do the fitting and adjusting with patterns, too. I get it — patterns drove me bonkers until I took a deep dive pattern drafting class and learned why patterns were driving me bonkers. I’m still really picky about patterns, find most to have way too much ease to be worth fighting with, would…

Love those drinks. I mix the syrup with carbonated water and add a splash of cold, not sweet, green tea.. The elderflower and the lingonberry make a nice cheater’s Italian ice if you’ve got access to a blender that can pulverize ice. 8 0z of ice by weight, not volume, plus a double shot of syrup. Blend to slush.…