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So…what is the Monday Poll? Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. 1. Cream shadow in a pot or a stick? Tough call, since pots are better about not drying out, but sticks are more convenient (and are easier to do precise placement on lids with)… I’m...

Most of the times when I go to HomeGoods, I’m dressed caj with minimal (or negligible) makeup, but sometimes I like to go gladiator style and do my hair and makeup and get a little more dressed up so I can enter the store like I’m entering an arena. YES, HOMEGOODS IS A MOTHER-TRUCKIN’ ARENA. Granted, there are no predatory animals, javelins, swords or armored warhorses galloping at you while you admire a delicately painted lemon bowl (handmade in Italy!), but if I see you pushing your cart toward the last farmhouse-inspired botanical print, trust that I will body check...

So…what is the Monday Poll? Good question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll. It’s just a list of five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past gazillion years (more than 10!). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a great start. 👍 1. Is golf ⛳ fun? It is if it’s mini-golf and I’m winning. 😀 2. What’s hiding under your bed at night? Um…the trail of broken hearts I left behind in the ’90s? — also, Pennywise, who’s obviously...

Researchers design a functioning artificial wombResearchers have designed an artificial womb-like device that could drastically change the way we care for extremely premature babies. The device, which has been used successfully with lambs, mimics the environment of a real womb. It’s designed to allow critically preterm infants to continue developing as they normally would. Via ResearchGate Image credit: Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia More in Nature: An extra-uterine system to physiologically support the extreme premature lamb

Good morning and happy Caturday, my friend. 🤶 Are you feeling the Christmas spirit today? I am, coupled with excitement and a tinge of exhaustion, because… In case you didn’t know this, sugary baked goods are in high demand this time of year. 🙃 Yeah, it’s been busy at the bakery (!), and I’ve baked more cookies and cakes over the last two weeks than I’ve ever baked in my entire life! Don’t get me wrong — I’m loving it, but I’m so happy to have a few days off. (Side note: The arches of my feet are happy about...