Hello and welcome to all our new subscribers since the last issue. I can hardly believe that it's June already! This is the month for "Dads and Grads" so to speak. And of course with school semesters coming to a close the focus for many is on summer vacation travel.

With airfares and gas prices back up so high again the prospect of traveling far or for extended periods of time may not hold as much appeal as in summers past. I think it presents a great opportunity to go local for a change. What better excuse to re-ignite your love affair with your favorite place: your home town? I'm looking forward to taking shorter trips around the Bay Area (which technically ecompasses 9 different counties!) and hopefully discover some new interesting or fun places closer to home --maybe even re-visit some old favorite spots that I haven't been to in a while.

What unexpected hidden treasures might unfold for you in your own backyard this summer? I heartily enourage you to find out!

And in keeping with the spriit of honoring your fathers, this week's article offers some tips for saving dad's skin. Don't forget to check out your subscriber special as well.

Yours in health and prosperity,

Donya

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Show Dad Some Love: 7 Skin Care Tips to Save His Skin

Ask any woman you know and she will tell you about the phenomenon of being in a car with her husband, father, brother, or other male driving, when it has become clear they were lost. Her first instinct was to roll down the window or pull into the nearest gas station and ask someone for directions. But whichever man was driving the car insisted he knew the way or could figure it out on his own and refused to stop and ask anyone for directions.

No one can explain this seemingly irrational behavior. You can call it vanity, sheer stubbornness, or maybe even cluelessness. Whatever it is, it does seem to be a uniquely male trait. So if you look at a person's face as the outer roadmap to his or her inner health and well being, then its probably no surprise that this behavior or trait can often be reflected in the state of a man's skin.

Most men tend to look at skin care or body care as the exclusive domain of women --at least until signs of aging or distress start to rear their ugly head. Waiting until there's an obvious problem before acknowledging it, let alone taking proper action to address it, may be standard operating procedure when one is driving a car but when it comes to one's health it can be downright reckless!

While it's true that men face a different set of skin care challenges than women do, we all need to hydrate, moisturize, exfoliate, and protect our skin from the elements, and pay attention to the impact of our lifestyle choices on our skin and outer appearance. Read the full article here ...

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• Free of synthetic chemicals and petroleum ingredients
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• Packaged in re-usable or recyclable materials
• Hand-made locally in northern California

Dropwise Essentials was founded by Donya Fahmy, a writer, producer, and consultant whose avid interest in the curative powers of aromatherapy and herbs ultimately led her to design and create the seven products and seventeen unique essential oil blends that make up the current Dropwise product line. She has studied aromatherapy with Carol Schiller - a successful author of several aromatherapy books - and with Dr. Daniel Penoel - a renowned expert in the field of medical aromatherapy.

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