Spring Skin Cancer Alert
Greetings everyone!

I have so much to tell you all that this post could go on for feet but I'll save the art updates and many snap shots for another entry. I promise it will be soon.

What I quickly wanted to remind everyone is this is the time of year when many people end up being diagnosed with skin cancer. This is especially true for those living in a cool climate where winter means heavily covered skin for months. Please take this time to give your skin a good one over and look for any new or changed spots. For more information on this check out skincancer.org.

This is also the perfect time of year to shop for new sunblocking products which really is a must in this day in age. Fitness magazine (May issue, now on newsstands) had a really well done article on how to protect yourself from the sun. This included how much sunblock to use each day and what to look for in a product. Some of the info., I didn't even know so this is a must read. Another good read is this article, "Don't Trust Sunscreen" to fully protect you. Also Sephora.com is selling a Sun Safty Kit with 100% of the proceeds going to the Skin Cancer Foundation (great place!). It contains travel sizes of Sephora's best selling sun protection & skin products.

I'm very pleased at how the media has changed and now promotes a healthier view of the damaging rays of the sun. Instead of writing how to fry yourself into the perfect tan before summer they now write at length on how to protect yourself from melanoma. This is something else that will be finding its way into my art this year.

Look for more art and news updates soon.

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