Skruben Blog
I was recently reading a blog post that asked for readers’ suggestions for the most essential camping supplies. It got me pondering this year’s plans, which is a regular January occurrence for me. I'm the towhead sitting on my dad's lap, 1972. Mom's...
Continue reading
Hello, legends in-the-making! Ever wondered what had driven our grandfolks to shape the world as we see it today? Well, let me share a story from my own family history that helped shape Seattle Sundries. Around the tail end of...
Continue reading
Me, part deux… When we first moved to Seattle, I started waiting tables at an Indian restaurant and going to school for my master’s degree in teaching. My future mister tried a couple different career paths, eventually settling into a...
Continue reading
…soapmaker, that is. It has been suggested to me, by people whose opinion I trust, that when someone makes a handcrafted product like I do, folks like to know a bit about the person who made it. I struggled for a while with...
Continue reading
How does soap clean? Soaps and detergents both do a good job of cleaning. They are “surface active” substances (surfactants), which means that they make water better at cleaning surfaces. The water is doing most of the work, and...
Continue reading
