Marilyn Bohn | Creative Organizer

Recently my daughter Julie went to Western Africa to work for six weeks. She had a glorious, busy, hard working time. One of the interesting things she experienced was the glue tree.

In one of the small villages there is a tree that produces fruit. When the fruit is squeezed its ‘juice’ is glue. The man demonstrated this by gluing two pieces of paper together. I knew cork came from trees but I didn’t know glue grew on trees. Now if we could just find a money tree.

Since the first glue factory opened in Boston, Massachusetts, back in 1807 the sticky stuff has been used for every conceivable purpose and then some. The latest is surgical adhesives that seal incisions. On those pesky paper cuts you can have a drop Krazy Glue
and in a couple of seconds, forget it ever happened. It sounds kind of creepy, but it does work.

When I work with people in their homes as a professional home and office organizer I am always looking for tips to help simplify their lives. This is just another little tip. The makers of Krazy Glue are quick to remind consumers they do not market it for medical purposes, and in fact, the labels warn against touching it to the skin. Do you have a ‘Krazy’ tip I could pass on to my readers?