Staci Marquez-Nichols was first honored as a writer
with a "Young Author's Award" from her
school district in second grade. Staci got
her start reading poetry at the Northwest
Spoken Word Lab in her hometown of
Auburn, Washington. She graduated with honors from the University of Redlands (Redlands, CA). Staci has published articles with ezines.com, in her college newspaper, the Abraham Lincoln Memorial Association newsletter, and an editorial in the American Bar Association Journal. Staci has published poetry in The Coal City Review, San Gabriel Valley Quarterly, Alternatives to Surrender cancer anthology, and on hotmetalpress.net (http://www.hotmetalpress.net/StaciNichols.html).

My passion is ...

definitely not writing!

I know too much about ...

Well, I think I know everything!

My parents always told me ...

life isn't fair.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a lawyer.

My favorite memory ...

NCAA track nationals in 1999.

Why I write ...

like Ernest Hemingway says...because if I don't I feel like sh*t.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

my laptop.

My first job ...

a file clerk in a law firm.

My best moment ...

during my wedding ceremony, when my husband said, "I do...very much!"

My inspiration ...

Abraham Lincoln and God.

Hobbies & Games > Crafts (Other) How to handmill homemade soap

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Handmilling is a fun way to vamp up your soap. Handmilling involves grating and melting down some week-old homemade soap in a microwave, doubleboiler, crockpot, or in a double-bagged ziploc dropped directly in gently boiling water. Whichever method you choose, the goal is to melt down your soap until it is runny or mushy. Be sure that after you grate your soap (use a cheese grater) that you add a little liquid to help it melt and avoid drying out. You can add water, milk, oil, an herbal infusion, fruit juice, or anything of that nature. Handmilling is far less precise practice than cold pro...

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