Are you tired of raking yet??? Here in New Jersey, we just had a night of fierce wind and rain to bring another batch of leaves to the ground. I daresay there can’t be many more left, right? There were even tornado warnings for several counties last night.
I love to do yardwork, especially leaves. We [...]
I love this time of year. The crispness of the air, the colorful leaves, all make me want to be outdoors. Unfortunately, I have an allergy to molds, and fall often brings about a heightened immune response to the leaf molds that are so common now. I first notice it when I wake up in [...]
Well, it’s that time of year again: summer is fading fast and fall is soon to be here. With it comes cooler, drier weather and drier skin. After a season of sunshine and outdoor activities, our skin starts to lose its tan and get a bit flaky and dull. Enter, my favorite, dry skin brushing.
Dry [...]
Okay, this isn’t the most talked about topic, so I guess this is why I am writing about it!
We have grown up in this country using all sorts of anti-perspirants and deodorants ever since we were little kids. No one wanted stinky arm pits lest we be ridiculed by our peers. And as adults, no [...]
I know I might be a little late in writing about proper “sun care”: it is August, after all. But for a topic as important as this, I figure it’s “better late than never.”
I’ve touched upon the need for Vitamin D in the past. You may recall that here in the U.S. we are facing [...]
We are a generation of sunscreen worshippers, the children of the original sun worshippers, no doubt. We have heard all the reports of skin cancer scares and sun damage, and we, as a generation have sworn to never leave home without sunscreen. I, too, always wore my SPF 45 while I was working on the [...]