Hello People of the Blog. Here is the news:

We're on our way to karate class. Bruise of the day is a forearm bruise from practicing our Jodan Uke block (that's a rising high block). We've been practicing our blocks with a bamboo stick coming at us, hence the forearm bruise. Coming tomorrow: bruise of the day will likely be a shin bruise. Stay tuned for this exciting story.

On the plastic bag front, we the good people of Lisablog have a suggestion for all of you. Charge yourself a dollar for every plastic bag you bring into the house. We guarantee you'll start to be more mindful. We now have eight dollars in our plastic bag fund which we will use to purchase a new compact fluroescent lightbulb.

Zoe's Tea:

We made a soap-to-tea trade with our friend Zoe and she sent us this most amazing stuff. Here's her website: Wind Flower Botanicals

Soap: there is a new batch of Oatmeal Clary Sage soap. The soaps have been selling out fast, so we made some extra this time. Oatmeal Clary Sage is one of the bigger hits in the line. Clary sage is a happy fragrance, kind of fruity, kind of smoky, and the steel cut oats make it a great massage soap-- lots of texture.

Robert Duncan: The readers reports are in on the Robert Duncan book and we're set to do the final footnoting edits. You, the good people of Lisablog, will have a chance to see select chapters of the book very soon. We're going to start downloading parts of it to the Robert Duncan page. The book will very likely stay on schedule, which means you'll see it in a bookstore near you in the autumn.

Other news: the UN reports 34,000 dead civilians in Iraq last year, and we, the good people of Lisablog, would like to remind you to write to your congress person to suggest IMPEACHMENT.

Peace out, and have a good day.