The cosmetic industry capitalizes on our regrets. Whether those are the fact of inheriting our parents' genes, having smoked too many Marlboro Lights or slathering ourselves with baby oil every summer on the beach, the message is "Our products can undo the effects of living." Unless they've got season passes to the fountain of youth, I am skeptical. Hello Shea Butter!
April 28, 2025 dana gonzalez It used to be that family bathrooms would be furnished with the requisite bars of Zest and later, much gentler-sounding labels like Dove or Caress. In the 80's we got to lather with liquid soaps of the same names as bars were deemed to be "messy" and time-wasting. I don't... Continue Reading →
A Post-Shower Ritual for Dry Skin Relief It’s not often here in Colorado, or anywhere, that I would describe my skin as soft, not to mention smooth. Thank you, my ancestors, for the pasty, dry organ that freckles, sunburns, and peels at the least provocation. There are many of us out there with a back... Continue Reading →
by dana gonzalez Is fascination with cars genetic? My son recognized car models by the time he was two and-a-half. On vacations he could point out our rental or others of the same make from 200 feet away. Yesterday I tried to get into a Subaru outside of a 7-11 because it was blue and... Continue Reading →
Pretty much all the time, Longmont CO and everywhere else by dana Gonzalez Do you ever get the feeling your kids don’t listen to you? You’re not imagining things, it’s scientific fact: Newton’s 3rd Law of Utterance: For every action, there is an equal and opposite “Huh?” Baby animals listen to their mommies and daddies.... Continue Reading →
by dana gonzalez 2020 And we thought cannabis was just for getting high. It is if you're talking about the chemical Tetrahydrocannainol (THC), one of 110ish cannabinoids produced in the cannabis plant. This would be the product of cannabis sativa or cannabis indica that we refer to as marijuana, known for producing high quantities of... Continue Reading →
Navigating Cannabis with David Kessler by dana gonzalez 2019We are seriously up to our hairy, hippy armpits in information about cannabis these days. Now that Marijuana is legal in many states and Hemp is Federally legal, we're being educated on what it is, how it's different and the hundreds of chemicals cannabis produces, including what... Continue Reading →
d gonzalez 2021 Somehow, without the internet, my sister and I came of age. As did our friends – it was actually they who pointed out to us in the early 80s that there was a bong in our family's cedar ski closet. It was nestled among wool hats, gloves, sunscreen, some goggles and the... Continue Reading →
Like an earthquake, Toddler Temper Tantrums should have a scientifically measurable scale of severity. It might be based on the amount of damage done to immediate surroundings or injury to dumb people who attempt to intervene. Perhaps by the degree of temporary hearing loss to anyone in earshot. Or, most importantly, the of objective embarrassment and humiliation caused to the owner of the Furious Little Richter.
by dana gonzalez I used to joke about my kids: "Wow, she's six! I've kept her alive for six years!" This was in comparison to my lack of success with house plants, mostly. Of course, there were other things I'd neglected: diets, leftovers, goldfish, car batteries, taxes. So it always amazed me that with my... Continue Reading →
