tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post6824339448542896246..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: Saturday Sally/November 12Nanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-89284107788726955882016-11-14T12:26:30.020-05:002016-11-14T12:26:30.020-05:00Very, very interesting! Thanks. Very, very interesting! Thanks. Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-42167718856084498982016-11-14T11:51:16.738-05:002016-11-14T11:51:16.738-05:00Thank you for doing the salt test! I'd heard t...Thank you for doing the salt test! I'd heard that tip myself many years ago but never tried it. As far as I can logically explain, candles last longer the harder they are. It's a bit like with soaps: A soap bar freshly "out of the press" will be wonderfully scented and give off a lot of foam. But it will also be used up very quickly. Storing a soap bar (or a candle) in a reasonably cool and dry place for half a year, a year or even longer will make last it longer; it does not rub off (or burn off) so quickly.<br />My Mum always buys the candles for our Christmas tree when they are available at a reduced price in January and then keeps them until next Christmas - almost a year. They really do last longer that way!<br />I try to do the same with soap bars, but I am not always successful in keeping them that long :-) Sometimes I am given wonderfully scented soap as a gift, and can't wait using it.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-58483138070251137492016-11-13T21:23:21.733-05:002016-11-13T21:23:21.733-05:00I am so very happy that you were interested and th...I am so very happy that you were interested and that you read it. Hey, you might need those pens and pencils!!!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-64473950776098170942016-11-13T21:21:57.636-05:002016-11-13T21:21:57.636-05:00I'm delighted you even thought of trying it!I'm delighted you even thought of trying it!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-35543154521987672542016-11-13T17:32:42.750-05:002016-11-13T17:32:42.750-05:00Oh Nan -- thank you so much for posting the link t...Oh Nan -- thank you so much for posting the link to Roz Chast's epilogue. Isn't this amazing! I wish I could somehow copy the link and put it at the end of my Kindle Fire copy of "...Pleasant', because that is one of very few Kindle books that I go back to re-read every so often. I'm so glad to have read the end of the story.<br /><br />I have another blog friend who does that grave stuff -- what a great service it is. <br /><br />And now I am going to go and get rid of some of my big bag of pencils and ball points before my kids have to do it after ... "So many pencils.' (just like her parents and mine). Anyway ..... thank you bunches. Sallie (FullTime-Life)https://www.blogger.com/profile/15442598857394838271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-55915041185772599332016-11-13T15:58:40.066-05:002016-11-13T15:58:40.066-05:00Nan, thanks for trying the salt/candle thing, you ...Nan, thanks for trying the salt/candle thing, you saved me the trouble. Disappointing! <br />KimAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-19535297254026807232016-11-12T15:18:17.255-05:002016-11-12T15:18:17.255-05:00She is really one of a kind, and I so enjoy her wo...She is really one of a kind, and I so enjoy her work.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-48132321325305168252016-11-12T13:56:35.020-05:002016-11-12T13:56:35.020-05:00Aw, thanks for sharing Roz's epilogue, Nan. Ru...Aw, thanks for sharing Roz's epilogue, Nan. Rudi & I really enjoyed that book, too, & it's nice to see her get some closure.spritehttp://spritewrites.netnoreply@blogger.com