sauna bathing

Spider on our deck railing. Anyone know what kind it is?


***(Update Tue Sept 7/2004: Had a major problem while upgrading to the new version of Movable Type. Looks like I have to do a full reinstall, ugh. Fortunately I did backups of most of my blogs, including this one, but I may have to recreate some of the templates. If you notice anything wonky, like not being able to post comments. that's why. Anyway, thanks for your patience.)***

Congrats to Liam O'Donnell for having Feeding Change named as one of the 10 Top Blogs in Canada this month! Also cool to see Daily Dose of Imagery on the list, another of my favourite blogs.

Woohoo, the newest version of MovableType has been released! Improvements include dynamic pages, post scheduling, and a plugin pack including MTBlackList. Can't wait to get home so I can download and install this.

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Jeff and I are at the cottage; we decided to go late last week.

Went swimming yesterday...the water was pretty chilly, just on the verge of being too cold to swim comfortably. After the first few minutes (of trying not to scream), however, it was fine.

By the way, I'm totally hooked on bathing in the sauna. I prefer using an old-fashioned pot with a spout and handle rather than the camp shower set-up; I just dip it into a big pot of water that's been heated over the sauna coals, pour it over my head. Then I soap up using some Camp Suds (tm), dump on more hot water. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Bathing takes more time this way, but I find it more intimate, comforting, sensual. Instead of rushing through washing up with my mind on the day ahead, I luxuriate in the moment, closing my eyes and giving myself up to the inevitability of heat and steam, the fragrance of damp cedar, hot water and soap sliding over my skin. Then the wonderful shock of cold when I jump in the lake at the end of it all.

And that's part of what I love so much about the cottage: it's a place where we're forced to slow down, focus on and appreciate one thing at a time rather than multitask every minute of the day.

Now if only we could learn to do this back in the city....

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