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Happy Monday! Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day/

Happy Monday! Columbus Day/Indigenous Peoples Day/ Thanksgiving in Canada!

My kitchen smells pretty amazing with Rose Geranium, Lavender Fir Needle, Lemongrass Patchouli and Spearmint soaps all hanging out together at the moment.

I need to get these guys separated before the fighting starts!

Anyone else having a frustrating week? What the he

Anyone else having a frustrating week? What the heck phase of the moon are we in?? 🌘🌛⠀
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I''m usually reluctant to whine over small annoyances...because I know how lucky and blessed I am! ⠀
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But this week everything started to pile up. I had a failed batch of soap, failed batch of cookies, two broken small appliances, a lost blog post after weeks of work, plus I'm struggling to move my website to a new server...oy!⠀
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I found myself "getting attached" and unable to let go of all these mistakes and annoyances -- trying to analyze where I went wrong. ⠀
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Well, today I decided to be gentler with myself. I'm trying not to fixate on small irritations, but to let them go. What happened earlier in the week is in the past. I'm here now, curled up in a comfy chair in the warm autumn sun. Life is good! ☀️🌞⠀
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Anyone else? How's your week going?⠀
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Hi there.. I'm Lucie, the maker behind Honest + Si

Hi there.. I'm Lucie, the maker behind Honest + Simple. If we haven't met yet, please come on in and introduce yourself! ⠀
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I make handmade vegan soap in my kitchen in seacoast NH. The "vegan" part evolved over time. I experimented with lard, which makes a wonderfully hard bar. But in the end, I kept coming back to plant-based ingredients like rice bran, avocado, and sunflower oils, along with mango, shea and cocoa butters. ⠀
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Soapmaking is one of my happy places, but I also find it very humbling. Just when I think I have it figured out, something unexpected happens!⠀
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Another (totally different) happy place for me is spending time in forests and nature in general. Last week we did a mini-getaway to the White Mountain National Forest. ⠀
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I'm not even close to being a hiker! It's more like "forest-bathing," which is the trendy term for spending unhurried time amid the trees, using all of your senses to take in the beauty.⠀
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Now I'd love to hear from you. What's your favorite way to explore a forest? As an avid hiker or just sitting and taking it all in? ⠀

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