"the weight of lies"

i've been singing the chorus to this song by the avett brothers all week:


the weight of lies will bring you down
and follow you to every town
cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there


so when you run make sure you run
to something and not away from
cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere


chimney swifts

my beauties have been spotted in the skies, and field work with my assistant (i have an assistant! hah!) dan starts wednesday.


open windows
enough said. sleeping with the window open on cool rainy spring nights cannot be beat.


sleeping kids
speaking of sleep, i adore how heavily kids sleep. i creep (not that i need to) into phoebe's room at night to turn off her light, and her angelic mug doesn't even twitch.


green tea

i assume you're aware of green tea's greatness.
it seems well supported that green tea improves the immune system, infection, cardiovascular disease, cholesterol levels, arthritis, cancer, club feet, and ignorance. ok, not the last two.


i've been exploring non-imbibe uses for green tea.
i was skeptical of wild claims i read about using it as a conditioner, but they're true. i swish a little apple cider vinegar in a cup of green tea and rinse my hair with it, followed by a quick water rinse. it's magic! i've also been making my new favorite face wash by grinding up oats, raspberry green tea, and baking soda. i follow it with a splash of lime juice and rosewater.
god, doesn't my face sound tasty?


i've also decided i should probably buy a jumbo bag of green tea powder and start cooking with it.

cpr tricks
i read about a study this week that found the bee gee's song "stayin alive" has a beat that's almost exactly 100 beats/minute- the same rate the AHA recommends for CPR chest compressions. after 5 weeks (i don't really know why it took that long; i don't think of it as a particularly complex number) doctors at a med school in Illinois could hum along without the music and keep time while doing chest compressions. unfortunately this study didn't involve a less obnoxious song. i think my cpr skills would be sub-par if a highly annoying disco song was stuck in my head...