Although I’ve written previously about the importance of sunscreen and how to choose a good one, I’ve never shared the personal place this advice comes from. I urge everyone to wear sunscr [...]
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The History of Castile Soap
A confession: I’m astounded at how much I discovered I did not know about this topic before I started my research. After all, my family's been making soap for five generations, and primari [...]
There are many things I am not great at (cooking neatly, managing time, hiding gifts), but one skill I have gotten pretty good at over the decades is asking questions and researching answe [...]
Ever since I made the mistake of looking up the composition of dust, I consider it an icky four-letter word. I had assumed dust was just really fine dirt. Like super ground up rock particl [...]
Some days are a non-stop cycle of messing up and cleaning my kitchen. Here’s my problem: I find a clean kitchen incredibly inspiring. If I don’t have other pressing obligations, then a gle [...]
Lather was serious business in my house growing up. My dad, a chemist and inventor, specialized in Class A firefighting foams, as well as a special effects “Snofoam” for movie sets, a subs [...]
