Good to taste:Chocolate with floral flavors added: dark chocolate with lavender or rose, dark chocolate with sakura blossom, milk chocolate with sugared violets ( Read more... )

Back from the ocean. Sadly, I didn't find it the relaxing vacation I'd hoped it could be. Still, I did enjoy walking out by the shore, wet sand beneath by feet, the sound of the surf, and the ocean swirling around my ankles and calves. (I don't go in to swim when the waves are as bad as they were, I like it when the water is warmer and calmer ( Read more... )

My lymph nodes are so swollen that it hurts to lift my chin or move my neck. If it's not one thing, it's another lately. I'm fairly sure this is just another sinus cold, so I'm not all that worried, but I hate losing my sense of smell. Not because of smell itself, but because of how it screws with my sense of taste. I lose all will to eat once I ( Read more... )