My wife, who's a knitter, introduced me to Udderly Smooth handcream, which is what I mostly use now. It doesn't leave an oily residue on your fingers, which is why it's popular with knitters.
Guy -----Original Message----- From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On Behalf Of Suzanne Angevine Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 10:42 AM To: lute@cs.dartmouth.edu Subject: [LUTE] Re: incompatibility gardening/lute playing? > Thank you for your very useful reflections. It is a good idea > to treat gardening in the same spirit as lute playing, with as relaxed > an attitude and with as economic gestures as possible. It has been a > long time since I had to do this, and I am almost certainly forcing > things, and also still looking for the right tools to deal with a > particularly hard ground. Water, and a little time for it to work in and loosen the soil. I live in a dry place and the ground can get very hard. Water is the best tool I've found. > What oil or cream do you use, Jean-Michel? It probably matters less what, and more that you use it, and use it enough. In the US I use a lotion called Aveeno, which is very good. The other thing I find very important in not ruining my hands for lute playing with my gardening is pacing. Do a little, take a break. Do some today, some tomorrow. That sort of thing. Suzanne To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
