10/19/14 my greatest discovery so far this year is....... / by Philip Tarlow

EPSOM SALT IN BATH WATER

mikela saw a dr. oz show on the benefits of epsom salts in your bath water a few days ago.so we bought some, along with lavender, which is also recommended, and i tried it. amazing! slept way better, woke up with about 10% of the aches & pains i usually wake up with. you've got to try it. just 12 minutes in the tub before going to bed.

go to this site to learn the amazing benefits:

http://www.saltworks.us/salt_info/epsom-uses-benefits.asp

11:46am: preparing the drawing to transfer to the 16x16" canvas for best left unsaid 9. i've pretty much recovered from yesterday ordeal, when my easel, palette & brushes fell into the rushing creek. i decided it wasn't such a great plein air painting anyway, so i'm cool.

IMAGE OF THE DAY: detail of the 1977 portrait: o kyrios yannis," 19x12" oil on linen mounted on board. painted in my studio on the island of andros, kyrios yannis (mr. john) was a guy who used to whitewash the large house on the sea, which now belongs to my son dimitri. he was about as sweet and innocent as they come, and sat patiently for his portrait, only occasionally taking a sip of the andros "tsipouro" i had placed on a stool beside him. tsipouro is a colorless drink distilled from the already pressed grapes used to make wine. it's got quite a kick. so much alcohol, we used it once on a hike to light a fire.

why do i wear my dievas shadow in the shower? because i can. it's a dive watch, water resistant to 500m. so why not?