藍色情懷

• a hot breakfast
• UGG snow boots
• paid bills
• joy
• sleeping soundly


This week you will learn how to dip your own beautiful, long-lasting candles. Remember to take notes so that you can repeat your successes or make adjustments for your next batch.

Materials
Wick (medium-size, 1/0 square braid, or 30-, 36-, or 42-ply flat braid)
At least 6 pounds (2.7 kg) wax in one of the following formulas:

   Formula A: 100 percent beeswax
   Formula B: Paraffin with 5 to 30 percent stearic acid (10 to 15 percent works well)
   Formula C: 6 parts paraffin, 3 parts stearic acid, 1 part beeswax
   Formula D: Paraffin and beeswax mixed in any proportion
   Formula E: 60 percent paraffin, 35 percent stearic acid, 5 percent beeswax

Color, as desired
Scent, as desired
Double boiler or concealed-element heater
Dipping can, at least 2 inches (5 cm) taller than desired length of candle
1 small piece cardboard
Small metal weights such as washers and nuts
Water bucket tall enough to submerge entire candle
Hook to hang candles on

Make sure your dipping can is at least 2 inches (5 cm) taller than the candles you』re making.



The Original SUDOKU Calendar

Easy Puzzle	Time: _______

Hector: Stupid Steve, I heard your poodle had two puppies.

Stupid Steve: That』s right, and I named them Rolex and Timex.

Hector: Why did you do that?

Stupid Steve: Because I want them to be watchdogs.



WORDEZOID
Start at any letter, then spell a common 8-letter word by moving along the lines from letter to letter. Example: You can spell ONION, but not UNION. You are not allowed to use a letter twice in a row. Clue: Not income.





DID YOU KNOW?

The original pandect was the Pandectae, a massive 50-volume digest of Roman civil law that was created under the emperor Justinian in the sixth century. The Latin word pandectae is the plural of pandectes, which means 「encyclopedic work」 or 「book that contains everything.」 Pandectes in turn derives from the Greek pandēktes (「all-receiving」), from pan- (「all」) and dechesthai (「to receive」). When the word 「pandect」 first cropped up in English in the mid-16th century, it referred to the complete code of laws of a particular country or system. Its 「comprehensive treatise」 sense developed later that century.




You surmised that the digging of the Erie Canal must have been an impressive engineering feat. After all, the canal is 363 miles long, crosses mountains, and the unearthing happened in the early-1800s with relatively primitive tools and by relatively inexperienced workers. What you may not have realized, and what Bernstein makes clear, is that the Erie Canal was the lifeline of a young America, connecting East to West, enabling trade, expansion, and immigration. A fascinating look at an often overlooked American wonder.

WEDDING OF THE WATERS: THE ERIE CANAL AND THE MAKING OF A GREAT NATION, by Peter L. Bernstein (W.W. Norton & Company, 2006)

「I'm definitely a fashion rule breaker .... Who in the world would say you can't wear spaghetti straps after a certain age? That's insane.」

—GOLDIE HAWN