Ghee for the skin

January 30, 2015

Baby Krishna stealing ghee Ghee, a form of clarified butter, is a well known cooking fat. What is less known in the West is that it is also used for skin care and as medicine in Ayurveda. In fact, it’s basically a panacea in Ayurveda. I’m no expert in Ayurveda, but it is interesting to know that it has such a long track record in India as a topical treatment. What I have discovered so far is pretty neat. It is in the nature of ghee to sink into t...

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Weekend Linkages: A Weird World

Mr. Homegrown

July 16, 2023

Saturday Linkages

...Levi Walter Yaggy’s Geographical Maps and Charts Photographs of the Los Angeles Alligator Farm (ca. 1907) The Navajo farmer taking a traditional approach to making baby food Historic San Francisco tiki bar the Tonga Room is a rite of passage. But is it really worth visiting? ‘They’re in the air, drinking water, dust, food …’ How to reduce your exposure to microplastics Doppler Radar Telegram Critter Cam for Under $10!...

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Saturday Tweets: Eating Flowers, Peach Mustard and the Patron Saint of Dentists

Mr. Homegrown

September 1, 2018

Saturday Linkages

...and those suffering from toothache, from her teeth being broken during a brutal attack before her martyrdom. Read more on her legend: https://t.co/HTvnmQhjm1 Yates Thompson MS 3, f. 284v #FolkloreThursday pic.twitter.com/6bBT8oJy3d — Dr Alison Ray (@liber_ray) August 30, 2018 Baby, I compare you to a kiss from a rose: A red rose is surrounded by couplets with music inscribed on two circular staves, in a choirbook produced in 1516 by Petrus de Opi...

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A Thanksgiving Debriefing

Mr. Homegrown

November 26, 2018

Thoughtstylings

23 Comments

...t ditching the traditional side dishes? They have the taste and texture of baby food. What would happen if we gave the women in our lives a day off and had the men folk do all the work? Women seem to get the brunt of the holiday domestic duties. I suspect I’m preaching to the choir to suggest skipping the consumption nightmare that is “black Friday.” Consider this an open thread on the holiday. What did you do? Did a political debate break out at...

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Saturday Tweets: Rainy Day Tweets

Mr. Homegrown

December 8, 2018

Saturday Linkages

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...✊🏻✊🏽✊🏿✊🏼 (@Pegerella) December 3, 2018 Oh, the beauty of seeing a Canadian baby being born. pic.twitter.com/SBmO8FBMK1 — Lloyd Legalist (@LloydLegalist) December 2, 2018 The gilet jaunes protests are geographically portentous- suburban and rural protestors angry at a city that both represents and materially benefits from elites’ decisions on who should pay for climate change mitigation. — david a banks (@DA_Banks) December 3, 2018 I’ve watched thi...

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