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Kitchen Challenges Updates–Bourbon and Sourdough
This post will have affiliate links when I get those up and running, but does not yet. This series initially started with What to Do when your Home Kitchen Skills Plateau, and it’s time for another set of updates. I have now completed the Sourdough chapter in the baking book I’m working through. And after
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Passed Dark Souls Run for Dates or Hangouts
I want to say right at the beginning that I make no claims as to the originality of this idea! A couple weeks ago two of my friends were talking about their shared Bloodborne run. Every time one of them died, they passed the controller to the other. Sean (my fiancé) and I immediately followed
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Kitchen Challenges Updates–Eggs and Yeast Breads
This post will have affiliate links when I get those up and running, but does not yet. After making great progress on the kitchen challenges presented in What to Do when your Home Kitchen Skills Plateau, it is time for an update. I have completed the Eggs and Tofu chapter in the first cooking book.
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Book Review: Icons of the Fantastic
This article will have affiliate links when I get those up and running, but does not yet. Icons of the Fantastic: Illustrations of Imaginative Literature from the Korshak Collection not only provides a beautiful addition to any fantasy art lover’s bookshelf, but also insightful perspectives on the pieces contained and collecting as a discipline. As
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Many Mini Tidying Challenges
This post will have affiliate links when I get those set up, but does not yet. Sometimes you have a spare few minutes around the house and want to do something to improve the space. I wrote these mini tidying challenges with those small chunks of time and energy in mind. Your aim is to
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Game Review: Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma certainly differs from the main-line Rune Factory games. These changes, however, effectively tell a new kind of distinctly Rune Factory story. I have loved the Rune Factory franchise for over a decade. Between running my farm, befriending monsters and villagers, and crafting and combat that feed off each other, the
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How I Organize Homes Like Theme Parks; or, Mickey’s Ten Commandments Applied to Household Organization
This post will have affiliate links when I get those up and running, but does not yet. Mickey’s Ten Commandments by Marty Sklar To share the key lessons from the success of Walt Disney Imagineering with the world, Marty Sklar started sharing the set of principles called Mickey’s Ten Commandments in 1983. After decades of
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What to Do when your Home Kitchen Skills Plateau
This post will have affiliate links when I get those up and running, but does not yet. Commit to a path. If you’re reading this, I assume that you have a strong desire to improve your skills in your kitchen. You want baking/cooking/cocktails to be something of a hobby, not just something you do when
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Book Review: An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler
This post will have affiliate links when I get those set up, but does not yet. With a combination of extensive references to other food writing and the sympathy to the passionate amateur cook and their struggles, I recommend An Everlasting Meal: Cooking with Economy and Grace by Tamar Adler as one of the best
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Book Review: Creating Memorable Worlds: A Journey into Themed Experience Design by Theron Skees
This post will have affiliate links when I get those up and running, but does not yet. I only wish Creating Memorable Worlds: A Journey into Themed Experience Design by Theron Skees had been around sooner. To be precise, several years ago when I started to try to find my way in the industry. I