That’s my left shoulder area from yesterday afternoon. I’ve got, what is known in the trade as a “fractured glenoid” – a broken scapula (shoulder blade) caused when I fell off my bike while riding home from work. The shoulder itself is also dislocated. When I was falling, I threw my arm out. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘health’
Kitchen Counter Chemistry or, If You Can Mix Salad Dressing, You Can Make Moisturizer
At this time of year, having a good moisturizer is a good thing; here is how to make several for things you probably already have at home.
Family-based Healthcare System Reform
This is a photograph of the person who is probably responsible for 90% of her descendants’ deaths over the past 100 years. Our own version of Mrs. O’Leary (minus the cow, the fire and Chicago). This is Elizabeth Briggs-Smith, my mother’s grandmother. For her time, she was prodigious – married at least 3 times that [...]
Bleeding Money
DIY feminine hygiene protection
Economic Stress: Don’t be Chicken Little
When you are under stress, the best thing you can do for yourself is to find the things you can control and work on those.
Everything I know about fashion I learned in the barn
When times get tough, keeping up appearances might be the best investment you make. Here’s why.
Kitchen Counter Economics is a community where we can share ideas on how to save money, live more sustainably, and gain control over the stuff of daily living for ourselves and our families in the current economic environment. This started as a series of diary postings at the 
