The soothing mindlessness of a pomander ball

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Apartment 2024 is smelling appealingly of cloves and orange oils right at the moment because I took a brief break this morning from the nearly-finished thesis to make a pomander ball.  There was something soothingly mindless about making rows with cloves in the skin of an orange that gave me a much-needed break from words, thoughts and my computer screen.

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3 Responses to The soothing mindlessness of a pomander ball

  1. Elizabeth says:

    I suspect that you will be glad when this month is over and you no longer have to write every day, but I have enjoyed seeing these glimpses into your life every evening as I go to bed. I miss you.

  2. Eric says:

    Ah, you are the queen of up-close macro photos.

  3. Angie says:

    Ha, without thinking I made one for the Wassail!
    :-) it does make it smell very good.

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