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Jennifer,
There are always dirty dishes in our house (four people, four different
schedules) so when I start feeling cold – especially hands – I wash a
few dishes in as hot water as I can stand. Warms up my arthritic hands
and gets a few dishes clean! Don’t forget the moisturizer afterward.Leigh
Speaking of neighbors, Guy, you aren’t too far south and west from me
here in Houlton, Maine! The Fall colors have sure been beautiful, but
now we have lots of raking to do!Leigh
,,,”people in their 40’s who stayed at the bottom because it was too strenuous for them.”
Don’t be too quick to imply that they were lazy to think climbing was
too much work. In our mid 40’s (we are in our early 50’s now) there
were climbs we could not make because my husband has severe
osteoarthritis and had not had a knee replacement yet. I also have
arthritis and broke my back as a child, so can not do as much as some
folks twenty years older can do. They always look at me smugly as they
zip past on some trail (I still like to go hiking, but have to go slow)
and it makes me really angry to know they are thinking, “couch potato”.At the other end of the spectrum are the two ladies in their mid
seventies who just bought their first harps, have begun lessons,If you call him, don’t be in a hurry to get off the phone. He does like to chat with people who like his harps.
Leigh
Houlton, Maine
…And when you are a quilter who paints a lot of her own fabric (also very hard on the hands, especially when using salt) and plays the harp…
“The smell is from the lanolin.”
Actually, the mediciney smell in Bag Balm is not from the lanolin. I
have a large tub of straight lanolin I use in the winter for my lips
and hands, and it has a very mild wooly smell (of course). The smell I
am refering to is more like a cross between camphor and mint. It is
fairly strong and objectionable to some folks, so I thought I would
warn about that.The clay packs, etc. can be found in the form of various “masks” and
are a good idea, you just don’t want to use them too often or they may
be even more drying.Hi Evangeline,
I’m sorry the Subes didn’t fit your needs. Yes, we used the internet
discount at the Subaru dealer we went to. Looking online was almost our
only option. I wanted a wagon with standard transmission and none of
the used car dealers within 60 miles of me had one. The dealership a
four hour drive south of us had 10 standard wagons for me to choose
from!Leigh
The primary ingredient in Bag Balm is lanolin. I think there is some
sort of antibiotic in it as well, camphor, mint, etc. It does smell a
bit mediciney. I haven’t used it since we were milking goats and
raising chickens, rabbits and an organic garden, but it was a life
saver back then! I was amazed and appalled when department stores
started carrying those teeny cans of it for $3.00 or $4.00 each. We
used to buy it in a can that was about a 3 1/2″ cube for about $2.50 at
the local farmer’s co-op. Any feed store should have it. I should pick
up some more!I just went to their website and got this info:
Bag Balm is available at drug stores, farm stores, pet stores, hardware stores, feed stores, and tack shops.If unavailable, order direct:
Dairy Association Co, Inc.
P. O. Box 145
Lyndonville, VT 05851
800-232-3610 | 802-626-3433 (fax)
http://www.bagbalm.com
Leigh
p.s. We used to take a bout 1/4cup and melt it into paraffin to make Bag Balm candles in the empty cans as Christmas gifts!I must say I do prefer wagons, although what passes for a wagon these
days is pathetic. I saw one they called a wagon that had less than a
foot of space between the back seats and the liftgate. That said, I
also am perturbed by the penchant to make even the trusty Subaru higher
than they used to be. This is a personal thing, since I am only 4 feet
9 inches tall. We have a minivan (so called) that I hate having to
climb into. I also just bought my fifth Subaru wagon (an Outback this
time – the Forester is too high) after giving my last one to my son. I
love it! The floor of the back is a bit high, but I guess I just have
to grin and bear it. I don’t see them getting any lower in the
forseeable future. (The floor of the back is waist high on me which
means if I have to lift something in, I have to practically lift my
hands up to my chin). Tipping things in is much easier than lifting,
but you don’t need a minivan for that, do you? I’ve tipped lots of
things into the Sube, harps included, but I will admit, not a pedal
harp.Just my 2 cents,
Leigh
To do that, I would imagine that the neck would have to be about twice
as wide, then there’s another whole set of levers? I personally don’t
want a lever harp that weighs as much as a pedal harp. Since I am short
(4′ 9″), have a bad back (broken when I was 5), and arthritis, I will
be glad to tune to the necessary key and use the levers for accidentals.My two cents,
Leigh
Hello Donald,
Lever harps don’t have the option of flatting a string. the string is
either natural with the lever not engaged (down) or sharp with the
lever engaged (up). A string can be tuned to the flat and then the
lever can be used to make it natural. I’m afraid that’s all the options
a lever harp can offer. Also, each string has to be sharpened
independently by hand (which is probably obvious).Hope this helps.
Leigh
Yup, you got it – providing the files are of a type that can be “read”
by both computers. These days it is easy, you can usually choose which
format to save in.Leigh
If I were the student (or the student’s parent) I would invest in a
flash drive large enough to hold a file from one lesson. When I got
home, I would download the file onto my computer and then the flash
drive could be erased and ready to record the next lesson. It takes a
very short time to download to a flash drive and upload to a computer
and they come in a variety of memory sizes. They are also very
reasonable as far as price goes, since they can be used over and over.Just my two cents…
Leigh
