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Wednesday, September 6, 2017 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
FALL FESTIVAL: Event
went ahead despite
smoky conditions
Commentary...
Staying healthy through the season of smoke
By Francesca Russo
Continued from page 3
cabinets out of old wood.
I used 100-year-old picket
fences for the side of this cabi-
net,” Moberg told The Nugget.
“I find old wood everywhere,
even on Craigslist you find
people selling wood. This is
all recycled wood. It’s old
material and in pretty rough
shape when I get it.”
Moberg has crafted quite a
few reproductions of pie safe
cupboards made from weath-
ered wood and punched tin
metal door inserts. Pie safes
were used to hold food of all
types, and the punched-tin
panels allowed air to circulate
inside while keeping bugs and
other pests out.
“I started back in the 1970s
building houses and have been
involved with carpentry my
whole life,” he said.
Another new vendor, Timi
Lalonde from Bend, and busi-
ness partner Beck Helms,
showcased their handcrafted
wood items from her home-
based business, The Cuddly
Pitchfork.
“This is our very first
show. I make bird houses and
just started six months ago,”
Lalonde said. “It’s rakes,
shovels and pitchforks. I like
to take old rakes and make
birdhouse designs out of them.
It’s all recycled. I find things
at garage sales. It’s just a lot of
fun for me to get creative with
wood.”
Entertainment was pro-
vided by Friends of Lenny,
that keep the hits from the
1960s through ’90’s alive.
The sensational aromas
coming from Noel Lee’s
Farmhouse candles booth had
people stopping by to smell a
variety of soy candle scents
made with essential oils.
“I hand-pour the soy can-
dles in small batches and use
lead-free cotton wicks and
essential oils,” Lee said. “I
used to be an RN and I have
four kids, so I know that I
didn’t want to burn candles
that contain artificial scents
and dyes, which release addi-
tional chemicals when burned.
These candles are made with
high-quality phthalate-free
essential oils.”
Folks kept busy all week-
end with a variety of arts and
crafts, games, food, entertain-
ment, and a beer and wine
garden.
Event organizer Richard
Esterman was on hand to talk
about the smoky conditions
forecasted for Labor Day
weekend:
“Yes, we had some cancel-
lations due to the air quality
but it’s still a good-looking
show with 47 vendors. I kept
the show open so we could
boost the economy in Sisters.”
Guest Columnist
To stay healthy while we
have an inversion of smoke in
town, the best option is sim-
ply to leave. Find a place that
is smoke-free, and stay away
until the smoke clears. For
many of us, though, that is not
an option.
There are ways to keep
your immune system strong,
your body healthy, and to
combat depression and crank-
iness. Listed below are ways
to keep you, your family, and
your environment as healthy
as possible, using items you
may already have around your
home.
To offset the smell of
smoke, and help keep your
lungs clear, pull out your
vaporizer, diffuser, (they are
available to purchase locally)
or a large pot. Fill the ves-
sel with water, add essential
oils and let it steam (Vicks
Vaporub works). Essential
oils that will help neutralize
the smell of smoke and assist
your lungs are: peppermint,
lavender, eucalyptus, winter-
green or melaleuca (tea tree).
Specific essential oils for such
as On Guard, and Breathe can
be purchased from a doTerra
representative or Raven and
R.C. from a Young Living
representative.
With all the ash that has
been falling, our home air
filters are working overtime.
If you have a filter system in
your home, you may need to
change or check the filters
weekly.
Our lymph system is our
body’s form of filtration.
Comprised of 500 to 700
nodes throughout our body,
our lymph works hard every
moment to keep our organs,
cells, blood, and autoimmune
system strong. Like the air
filter in your car or home,
it is important to keep your
body’s filter system working
properly.
Here are ways to help your
lymphatic system stay strong:
Dehydration weakens
our immune system, imbal-
ances our blood pressure and
sugar. Staying hydrated is
extremely important. Drink
a lot of water and increase
your intake of good salt.
Mixing sea or Himalayan salt
in water with lemon to taste
can do this. Basically, this is
a home version of Gatorade
or PowerAde; the lemon
alkalizes your body while the
salt assists in hydrating your
muscles.
Now, more than ever, we
need to keep our mind clear
and our bodies energized.
Increasing healthy fats and
oils (fatty acids Omega 3s and
6s) will help. Add olive, flax
seed, or avocado oil to your
daily diet.
Your liver and kidneys
perform vital functions in fil-
tering toxins from the blood
and keeping your blood
clean. However, your intes-
tines, lungs, and skin are also
involved in eliminating waste
products from your blood, so
it’s important to keep them
healthy to help building a
stronger, healthier blood.
Some foods to incorporate
into your diet that help: Leafy
greens such as broccoli, spin-
ach, cabbage, kale, Brussels
sprouts, fresh cilantro and
parsley can be added to sal-
ads. Also beets, asparagus,
avocado, carrots, radishes,
celery and turnips. Some
spices to add are garlic, gin-
ger, turmeric, and cayenne
pepper.
Our skin is the body’s larg-
est organ. Liken it to our outer
filter; it needs to be properly
cleaned. Exfoliating your skin
will assist. Here are a few
ways:
Dry brush your skin. This
can be done with a shower
brush or a loofah, with swift
upward strokes toward your
underarms in your upper
body, and the inguinal area in
your legs (panty line).
Salt scrub your skin. Using
fine sea or Himalayan sea
salt, (1/2 cup) add three table-
spoons of olive oil (you can
warm in microwave for 25
seconds). Scrub your entire
body with the salt mixture.
You will be purifying, exfoli-
ating and hydrating your skin
all at the same time. When
you shower it off, do not use
soap on your skin.
Epsom salt baths, in addi-
tion to feeling wonderful and
relieving muscle discomfort,
will detox your body. Baking
soda and apple cider vinegar
can also be added to increase
the healing benefits.
During these smoky times,
staying hydrated, eating
healthy, and exfoliating your
skin could produce noticeable
results in how you feel. Your
lymph system and body will
thank you.
Francesca Russo, LMT
#7995, has been a licensed
massage therapist since 2001,
focusing her studies on lym-
phatic drainage and cranial
sacral therapy. Francesca
works as a massage therapist
at Shibui and freelances her
lymphatic and cranial sacral
work. She can be reached at
541-749-8340.
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