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Chemotherapy

Many people ask about this. And it’s no wonder; a bad diagnosis can upend the patient’s life and the people who love and care for her/him. It’s natural to want to help, and this help is often in the form of looking up stuff online and then forwarding it to your loved one. That’s not actually helpful.Believe me please when I say I’ve had a lot of experience with chemo, both myself and so many people I care about. I had ACT (Adriomyacin-Cytoxin-Taxol) chemo in 2016 for Breast Cancer. I did …

Distillation Station

As some of you know, we own and operate our frankincense distillery in Muscat, Oman, where we have access to the best, juiciest, most fragrant and delicious Omani gum/resin. Boswellia sacra, that’s all we do. We started in 2008, in Salalah, with one single alembic, and made it official in 2011, growing to 5 stills. In 2016 we shifted to Muscat, where we remain today, in our small and sturdy distillery by the sea, using 10 copper alembics in a closed and renewable system, that generates ve …

Cake and Eat It

No season in New York is complete without a trek to Joe’s house, and aroma-tidbit time.“When do you want to come for geranium-jasmine cake?” he asked.Well, of course I answered as any sane person would: “As soon as possible please!"And so I went the other night, up to visit him at the north end of a bare and wintry Central Park.The cake was flavored with geranium absolute (yes, absolute, deal with it) with rose filling and jasmine sambac frosting. I mean please.Need I say anything about thes …