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Poem: "Good Food Choices Are Good Investments"
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January 4 2013, 01:26:55 UTC 8 years ago
"lacquerware"
Do you know the connection between lacquer and poison ivy? When I saw "urushi lacquer", my jaw dropped and I went to ask the web. Wikipedia on Urushi-e, Urushiol, and Toxicodendron vernicifluum – lit. 'the poisonous tree that flows with varnish' (< ML ver(o)nix 'sandarac resin').
"the cup of changes"
Ta'i → T'ai
Thoughts
January 4 2013, 04:06:23 UTC 8 years ago
Yay! I like it when that happens too.
>>"lacquerware"
Do you know the connection between lacquer and poison ivy? When I saw "urushi lacquer", my jaw dropped and I went to ask the web. Wikipedia on Urushi-e, Urushiol, and Toxicodendron vernicifluum – lit. 'the poisonous tree that flows with varnish' (< ML ver(o)nix 'sandarac resin').<<
O_O I had no idea. Thank you for sharing.
>> "the cup of changes"
Ta'i → T'ai <<
Fixed.