Pure merino wool won't smell like sheep. Either the fabric has been blended with cheaper wool fibers - which give off that funky sheep smell when wet - or the fabric has been treated with a chemical that interacts with human sweat - or both. Hot...
On Tuesday, the lovely man selling wirework sculptures just below the Lavacolla Cathedral noticed I wasn’t well. It was day 57 of walking for me and after all that time, overcoming multiple obstacles, I didn’t want to take a bus or taxi because...
I don’t know about hardworking locals but when traveling on & off with a Spanish pareja (also peregrinos) for about 3 weeks, there were múltiple times our friends were charged less / my husband and I were charged more for identical orders. We’re...
The sleep sacks that I make have elastic to hold it in place on the mattress. A simple length of silk the size and width of a single bed with elastic across the corners would be very light weight.
Here is my Google Doc with instructions for...
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