This Salt Lamp Thing

Solid Salt.  Soothing, cleansing, calming.

The light shines through it.  It is one big chunk that looks like a rock--about a foot high including the stand .  It is, indeed, pure, solid salt.

But why?  Well, it makes a pretty night light.  Salt is used to preserve in the food world and to cleanse in the medical world. When you walk on the beach or shore of the ocean, it relaxes and heals.  That what salt does.  That's why.

A salt lamp in your house keeps the stress energy low, can make it easier to sleep (I would have it on during the day in the bedroom and off at night), and helps promote harmony by clearing away cranky energy.  In a pinch, it can be used as a consistent heat source to germinate seeds.  Come to think of it, since the pineapple seeds have been on the salt lamp, the mold stopped!

My two lamps were gifts, so, once on my Things I get to do today, all I did was plug them in.  Bet you could find one on line.  Shipping could be an item since they're heavy (as a rock).  Check your local alternative book store.  They can help you find this salt lamp thing.

Reminds Me of Something

I guess I could use duct tape to cover the label.  The salt people are not paying me anything.  They do not know I exist.  So this is not advertising for anything or anybody.  This is about the ordinariness of life.

Filling a salt shaker is not the highlight of the Things I get to do today.  But I was paying attention to the process. Shaker wasn't quite full, but the "bulk" bag of salt was empty.  I held it in my hand for a moment because it reminded me of something--but what? The picture was hazy.  So I fiddled with the bag and its cap for a bit longer.


That's when I made the connection: this salt bag looks very much like the water bottle pouches that fit in my husband's ski jacket.  It is nearly the same size and holds two and a half cups of liquid I found out.  Hot diggity! I'm not a total recycling maniac, but it is always deeply satisfying to reuse something that was meant to be thrown away.


My new water bottle for cross country skiing (or hiking for that matter), is a winner.  Next Handy Andy task:  develop some thing so the little tiny cap doesn't disappear in the snow if cold fingers fumble it.  Ideas?

Big Green Jug

If your water is green, don't drink it.  That's my rule of thumb.  You certainly can write your own guidelines on what you are willing to ingest.

Fun water bottles for around the house

My water bottles are filled from a gallon of "sunshine wine" (post 10-28-11), filtered water that has had a chance to bask in the sun until it's absorbed as much sun sparkle as it can hold.  The routine of Things I get to do today includes refilling these recycled, interesting, glass bottles.  To encourage myself to "keep up the fluids," I have several around the house in locations where I settle in for a time or pass by frequently (by the computer, in the kitchen, on the bathroom counter).

Hinting green, the salt slurry has done its work

But the big jug had gone green. Nothing serious, it had a delicate film of green algae coating the inside, and the next step would be the water turning green.  Last time this happened I enlisted the help of my friend, salt. Salt is fabulous for many tasks that require an abrasive.  To clean a big bottle, dump in about 1/4 cup of salt and 1/2 cup of water.  Swirl this about in the jug until the gritty salt has scoured off everything on the inside. Rinse.  I'm happy to drink the sunshine wine/water from this clear container now.

Sparkly fresh and ready to soak up the rays