Weekly Rec: First Aid Beauty 5-in-1 Eye Cream

For some reason, the skin around my eyes, particularly my lower eyelids, has been extremely dry, starting this winter and now into this spring. I can't figure out why! It's a mystery! I've never noticed dry skin there before, but it's been driving me bonkers the past few months.

I was about to look for some kind of eye cream to buy when I remembered that for . . . some reason . . . I had already purchased First Aid Beauty's 5-in-1 Eye Cream. I don't remember why. A sale? Nicole Cliffe said so? Maybe. (You can see more of First Aid Beauty's products on on their site - I've tried a few and liked everything so far!) Anyway, I figured I'd try this before buying something else, and it has worked marvelously, with almost immediate improvements.

And hey, while we're talking about skin care - anyone have an affordable toner they love?

Morning Coffee (4/5/19)

We made it! Time for Friday happy links!

This is great: School turning unused food into take-home meals for students

Pete Buttigieg’s 10 Favorite Books

Captain Marvel is officially a $1 billion box office hit

See the faces behind the 19th Amendment at the National Portrait Gallery

CASTING DIRECTLY TO MY INTERESTS: Veronica Mars: Mary McDonnell Joins Hulu Revival in Mystery Role

Excited about this! Booksellers Announce First Annual Romance Bookstore Day

!! Hallmark will air a record 40 new Christmas movies this year

Aww, this skating story: ‘Doing what I love.’ Meredith Hall to return to her childhood roots

This stuff is amazing: Her Universe Honors “Sisters of the Force” in New Collection at Star Wars Celebration Chicago

Hahaha: Imagine if nature documentaries focused on this elusive species: the city snowplow

Afternoon Tea (4/4/19)

The Man Trying to Make Sense of Brexit Is Tired and Would Like to Stop Now

At 71, She’s Never Felt Pain or Anxiety. Now Scientists Know Why.

What More Could I Have Done For My Student, 'Vulnerable To The Slightest Of Breezes'?

I love a good bad book review and this is a GREAT one: Psycho Analysis

I didn't realize this was a New England thing! The Anatomy of a Three-Decker

Morning Coffee (4/4/19)

Here we go! Maybe! I hope! House committee chairman asks Internal Revenue Service for six years of Trump’s personal and business tax returns

Some on Mueller’s Team See Their Findings as More Damaging for Trump Than Barr Revealed

Uh: Trump, airing grievances with immigration system, says U.S. needs to "get rid of judges"

Of course: Pork industry soon will have more power over meat inspections

Lucy Flores isn’t alone. Joe Biden has a long history of touching women inappropriately.

Whoa: Police: Teen found in Newport says he's missing Illinois kid who disappeared 7 years ago

After hundreds of crashes, this Britax jogging stroller faced recall. Then Trump appointees stepped in.

SAA Response to Hollins University Removal of Yearbooks

OOH: Something on Mars Is Producing Gas Usually Made by Living Things on Earth

What DOES it mean to be from Maine? A lawsuit is accusing Poland Spring of selling “ordinary groundwater”

Afternoon Tea (4/3/19)

Well, this is all terrible: Italy Is Ground Zero For The War On Women — Which Is Why These Far-Right Groups Are Meeting There

I don't like the headline but this piece about female inventors is interesting!

Again, not a great headline but an interesting and important piece: Bar or Bat Mitzvah? Hey, What About a Both Mitzvah?

The Dismal Career Opportunities for Military Spouses

Why Stop At One Book? Sandhya Menon Wrote A Rom-Com Universe

Morning Coffee (4/3/19)

Prime Minister Theresa May changes course on Brexit

Woman From China Carrying Malware Arrested After Entering Mar-a-Lago

Algeria’s longtime dictator just resigned amid massive protests

Testing Novel Power, Trump Administration Detains Palestinian After Sentence Ends

This is not good! University of Arizona will charge 2 students over protest of Border Patrol event on campus

University of North Carolina Memorial to Slaves Is Defaced With Urine and Racial Slurs

Elizabeth Warren’s plan to make farming great again, explained

What a great list! 2019 Hugo Award & 1944 Retro Hugo Award Finalists

Disney Shutters Production Studio Beloved By Women

NASA announces top three designs for homes on Mars

Afternoon Tea (4/2/19)

Russia Ordered a Killing That Made No Sense. Then the Assassin Started Talking.

Who Counts as a Woman?

The impossible quest to build a better breast pump

There Is No Reason to Cross the U.S. by Train. But I Did It Anyway.

WELL, this hit close to home: To the Type-A Person Having a Meltdown

Morning Coffee (4/2/19)

Me elsewhere: TV news for the week.

Parliament Votes Down Brexit Alternatives, Worsening Deadlock

Wow: White House whistleblower says 25 security clearance denials were reversed during Trump administration

The Supreme Court’s Conservatives Just Legalized Torture

Meanwhile, I'd sort of lost track of what was going on in Turkey, but whoa: A Political Quake in Turkey as Erdogan’s Party Loses in His Home Base of Support

McConnell moves to change Senate rules to speed up confirmation of Trump nominees

Mick Mulvaney’s latest effort to whitewash Trump’s failures is a joke

EPA Science Panel Considering Guidelines That Upend Basic Air Pollution Science

Jamelle Bouie on Trump and health care: An Opening for the Democrats

An interesting series from NHPR: Adequate: How a State Decides the Value of Public Education

'I can get any novel I want in 30 seconds': can book piracy be stopped?

Afternoon Tea (4/1/19)

The Indefatigable Spirit of Agnès Varda

This was very interesting: How Is Your Judaism Different From Your Parents'?

Once & Future Coauthors Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy on Writing with Your Soul Mate

Stepping Into the Uncanny, Unsettling World of Shen Yun

Her Father Murdered My Mother. Then, We Became Friends.

Morning Coffee (4/1/19)

I mean, good, but... IT IS 2019, we're just doing this now? Francis mandates Vatican officials, diplomats to report suspicions of child abuse

This is a good, clear summary: The Trump Scandals That Have Slipped by Congress

Disgusting: GOP legislator prays to Jesus for forgiveness before state’s first Muslim woman swears in

Wait... what? Jerry Falwell Jr’s university has sold more than $1 million in jet fuel to the Pentagon since Trump’s inauguration

I agree with all of this: Beto’s Just Not Doing It for Me

Women Who Worked with Billionaire Philanthropist Michael Steinhardt Say He Asked for Sex

K-Pop Crime Cartel Revealed as Korea’s Burning Sun Scandal Expands

Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people

The White House wants NASA to put boots on the Moon by 2024. That seems... unlikely.

Brexit leaves Tate scrambling to assure EU museums over Van Gogh loans