I often joke that my skin has become a spoiled brat because, after years of trying out high-end body washes and luxurious lotions, it tends to throw a fit whenever I try out a perfectly adequate (and substantially more affordable!) drugstore brand bathing product.
Anyone who’s been reading Sicka Than Average for a while now (thank you!) knows that, when it comes to mechanical exfoliants, I tend to sing “I don’t want no scrubs”`a la TLC and look the other way.
It’s back-to-school season, which means all those days of sleeping in late, lounging by the pool, and just vegging out on the couch are officially over (but hey, there’s always the weekend!).
It’s finally happened: I have stopped being carded whenever I purchase a bottle of wine.
The Tree of Life isn’t just the name of a visually astonishing, conceptually-driven, philosophical and esoteric Terence Malick film — it’s, in fact, the term Baron von Humboldt used to describe the buriti palm tree.
For years, when choosing a hand soap to place in my bathroom counter, I’ve gravitated towards Softsoap — after all, there are plenty of refreshing scent options, and the prices are beyond reasonable.
There are moments when life takes such a ridiculous turn, that it seems like fiction — except, of course, that it’s next to impossible to concoct tales so absurd, so far-fetched, so ludicrous.
The poet William Goldsmith Brown once wrote, “The sweetest sounds to mortals given are heard in Mother, Home, and Heaven.” This Sunday, remind your mom of how sweet you think she is and how thankful you are for her being an endless source of encouragement, love, forgiveness, understanding, and inspiration.
Mother’s Day comes a few weeks early for Mother Earth, as we celebrate her today, on April 22nd, other wise known as Earth Day.
It’s April in New York City, and it feels like we’ve all been forced aboard a climatic roller coaster, with temperatures rising to the 70s one day only to plummet to the 30s the next.
