314 Marbles
My friend, Lisa P, recently gave me an article from the magazine Real Simple entitled “6 New Uses for Marbles.” She thought that I’d have a use for it if I decide not to keep dropping my marbles into the garden, day by day. The article recommends using marbles for:
1. Floral arranging – marbles put at the bottom of a clear vase makes a fun display for flowers and everyone needs to buy themselves flowers once in awhile after a breakup. I also like the idea of having marbles as the base for growing lucky bamboo.
2. Weighing down curtains – slitting the seams of billowing curtains and popping a few marbles into the hem then sewing the opening up will help keep curtains in place. I’m not so sure that I’ve ever experienced billowing curtains as a particular problem, in fact one of my favourite watercolours when I was young was by Brent Heighton and it was billowing curtains in front of a framed vase of flowers.
3. Soothing Muscles – not a bad idea for 365 marble year, putting a handful of marbles in the freezer (or in the microwave for two-three minutes) placing them in a sock, then rolling them across sore muscles for a do-it-yourself massage. I think this works particularly well as a foot roller, or in my case, lying on my back, underneath my shoulders.
4. In a Spray Bottle – an ingenious way to get those last drops of liquid out of a spray bottle, put a few marbles in the bottle to raise the level of the liquid.
5. A Heart-cake – this is a great Valentine’s idea for my kids (or when there’s a new Valentine in my life) fill a cupcake liner with batter and then wedge a marble between the liner and the pan to make a heart-shaped cupcake.
6. Slime Stopper – putting a few marbles on the soap dish will help the soap and the dish from getting slimy. This has never been big on my list of annoyances.
1. Floral arranging – marbles put at the bottom of a clear vase makes a fun display for flowers and everyone needs to buy themselves flowers once in awhile after a breakup. I also like the idea of having marbles as the base for growing lucky bamboo.
2. Weighing down curtains – slitting the seams of billowing curtains and popping a few marbles into the hem then sewing the opening up will help keep curtains in place. I’m not so sure that I’ve ever experienced billowing curtains as a particular problem, in fact one of my favourite watercolours when I was young was by Brent Heighton and it was billowing curtains in front of a framed vase of flowers.
3. Soothing Muscles – not a bad idea for 365 marble year, putting a handful of marbles in the freezer (or in the microwave for two-three minutes) placing them in a sock, then rolling them across sore muscles for a do-it-yourself massage. I think this works particularly well as a foot roller, or in my case, lying on my back, underneath my shoulders.
4. In a Spray Bottle – an ingenious way to get those last drops of liquid out of a spray bottle, put a few marbles in the bottle to raise the level of the liquid.
5. A Heart-cake – this is a great Valentine’s idea for my kids (or when there’s a new Valentine in my life) fill a cupcake liner with batter and then wedge a marble between the liner and the pan to make a heart-shaped cupcake.
6. Slime Stopper – putting a few marbles on the soap dish will help the soap and the dish from getting slimy. This has never been big on my list of annoyances.
If you're experiencing the challenges of a breakup and you don't mind adopting the slightly OCD style of using 365 Marbles as an active meditation for change, pick up some actual marbles and dispose of one a day. Know that when the marbles are done, you'll feel like a different person. Guaranteed.
What to do with the disposed of marbles? I drop mine in my garden as little metaphorical seeds. I've also used some in a wide-mouthed vase with water to grow hyacinths and paperwhites.
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