Blogtober Feature: Inktober

I have a lot of Creative friends who are always up to innnnteresting things. I may be one of the stalwarts of the Blogtoberfest movement, but an art-based October staple is still going strong, as seen recently in my Instagram stream. Inktober charges artists and designers of all types to complete 31 ink drawings in 31 … Continue reading Blogtober Feature: Inktober

The Unexpected Pleasures of More Than a Decade of Reading Harry Potter

A Guest Post by Leo Babauta Recently, I finished reading Book 7 of the Harry Potter series with my youngest daughter Noelle. We cried, laughed, gasped in shock, cried some more. It was quite a journey, reading all seven books with her, and it took us four or five years. Amazingly, it was my fourth … Continue reading The Unexpected Pleasures of More Than a Decade of Reading Harry Potter

LiveThought: Cult of Chucky

https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/658396836_1280x692.jpg Hey kids:  A new Chucky movie! On Netflix! For nostalgia buffs, it all starts out very strong. Andy is back, in a surprisingly opulent opening shot, and the dialogue is not-so-bad. Five minutes in Super-cool twist before the opening credits even roll. Clearly, we knew Chuckster was on his way back, but that was … Continue reading LiveThought: Cult of Chucky

October Food 2017: The ‘Seriously though, what’s in this’ Edition

Every year around this time, I enter my altered state by the light of the moon...and start researching for my annual October Food post. As the winds howl outside, you'll find me: traipsing around the internet trying to uncover weird-ass eating trends from all over the world. 2017's quest did not disappoint. Four trends bobbed … Continue reading October Food 2017: The ‘Seriously though, what’s in this’ Edition

SKC Page 4: Avocado Dip

Next up: Avocado Dip, which is not guacamole, but could play it on tv. We had a friend over for dinner recently, and therefore our first outside-taste-tester in the Small Kitchen Cookbook cook-down. This is also one of the first times in the book  that the reader/home cook is presented with what seems to my … Continue reading SKC Page 4: Avocado Dip