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Sailing (and life) lesson: know where you want to go.
“The first step isn’t to dodge obstacles or let outside circumstances steer you. The first step is to figure out where you want to go.” Advice from Andrea Badgley on sailing (and life).
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Harvest and Honey
“One part memoir and one part recipe bank,” Harvest and Honey, a Saveur Blog Awards finalist, is a fresh food blog with solid storytelling and vintage-styled photography accompanying bold, colorful recipes.
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The Past Is Gone: A Poem
“Silence makes music / perceptible; perhaps / sadness makes life.” Words and images come together on The Doodling Poet’s blog, like this poem on the creative power of sadness.
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A Scientific Study of Karaoke, Sober to Drunk
“The karaoke stage is a place to try on new identities as easily as trying on pants. . . . Karaoke is basically a four minute social experiment that usually ends with applause.” A karaoke 101 primer to get even the most committed wallflower up on stage.
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Many Faces: Highlights from Portrait Photographers
A mix of portraiture, captured by photographers on WordPress.com.
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To the Polls! Four Takes on the US and UK Political Scenes
Recent editors’ picks on the political scenes in the United States and United Kingdom.
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“Have Your Cake and Draw It Too”: Food Illustrators Reflect on Taste and Memory
On drawing food as an art — and an emotional process.