Claudia’s Blog

Why Make Your Own Soap?

Why Make Your Own Soap?

  Like many people, we're concerned about the toxic ingredients in many soaps. Parabens mimic estrogen in the body and can disrupt the endocrine system. Foaming and preservative additives, like sodium laureth sulfate and methylisothiszolinone, can irritate our...

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The Fields of Prosperis

The Fields of Prosperis

On September 15, 2020, my SciFi Novel, "The Fields of Prosperis," won its category of the Mountain Brook Fire '2020 Fire Awards.' Thank you Mountain Brook Fire!

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Do it Yourself Skirt

Do it Yourself Skirt

The limited availability of long skirts for girls has always been frustrating. I don’t mind paying a company like Lilies of the Field (http://www.liliesapparel.com/) to make formal clothes my daughters will only wear on occasions not likely to damage them. But when it...

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Don’t Mess with the Muse

Don’t Mess with the Muse

  For those of you wondering what that funny spectacled man (his name is Det) is doing on the desk of a writer, I’ll have to take you back to my childhood, when my family would make extended visits to the home of my maternal grandparents in Hof an der Saale,...

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