This year we have a new addition to give thanks for at our holiday table:  butter-steamed Brussels sprouts.  Now, I get it, many feels that they are gross or bitter or otherwise yuck.  Brussels sprouts are...

Today will be the inaugural post in a series on creating mud art.  I have somehow epically failed and can’t find a single picture of any of the previous artworks I have done in this form.  Blurg. In...

This week’s inspiration on Love Art, Happy Life comes from the short-lived artist Egon Schiele.  I love the way the guest instructor, Roxanne Coble, gives some context to Schiele and his work through...

Traveling through Pennsylvania this past spring, A.D. and I stopped outside of Lewisburg for breakfast on the way back home from one of his expeditions.  The Country Cupboard was recommended to us for the...

I remember a time in my late teens when I was as idealistic as I was naive and everything I did moved toward the most simple life possible.  There are parts of me that continue to yearn for this misty...

I just had an epiphany. I was reading through a list of how to become a better blogger and my mind went to how glamorous and exciting life seems for many of the people I follow online and in podcast land...

We eat a lot of chicken and with only two of us in the house, there are often leftovers.  With an undying love of hot sauce and pizza, comes this version of a quick and easy Buffalo Chicken Pizza! I...

So I’m a few days late with my rendition of the Elder Things and y’all get two posts today! The Elder Things are mentioned in several of Lovecraft’s works and are interchangeably known as the...