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There has always been an apothecary somewhere in the background of my life. I was an only child until I was 8 and we lived not in the country but at the edge of the suburbs in a rapidly growing city. No children in the neighborhood and the hilly 2 acre lots made it feel quite remote for a curious 6 year old girl. My 70 year old beloved neighbor would indulge me for a while, a cheese straw or chocolate chip cookie and he would share a small juice glass of his special cold water. Every morning he would...

If there is one constant in my work, it is this: I am always trying to make things better. Not dramatically. Not all at once. But quietly, persistently—over time. After making a product again and again, you begin to see it differently. You notice what could be more refined. More effective. More beautiful in its texture, its absorption, even its packaging.  It becomes a conversation with myself that never quite ends.....It is rare that a formula is ever “finished” in my mind. Even our most beloved serum—the one so many of you return to—has been gently improved over the years....

This week, I’ve returned to a beach I have known since childhood. On our first morning, Dixy and I stepped out for a walk, and the moment my feet touched the sand, something inside me caught. The tide was low, the air soft, and I felt the years folding in on themselves—decades of footsteps layered here, mine among them. This beach has known all my dogs. Eloise, the greyhound—pure love—who raised our babies and could run so fast it seemed she might take flight, chasing frisbees over the tide line.Gretl, the dachshund with the spirit of a chain-smoking novelist, once...

The business of owning a business is neither linear nor incremental….it tends to lurch in different directions when you least expect it to change.