I’ve worked in a number of venues, as well as on the road for touring individuals. I think back to some of the shows and working with touring artists, weekends were a blur of load-ins and load-outs, sound checks and catering calls. Everything had to be set up just right, with everyone in place beforeContinue reading “From Green Rooms to Cinnamon Scenes: How Touring Artists Prepared Me for Farmer’s Market Weekends”
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Behind the Apron: Life with a Cottage Baker Pt. 1
Most mornings, my alarm goes off before the sun’s fully up; I have always been a lark, a morning person. For half the week these days, I’m wake up with the smell of cinnamon, butter, and something warm that says home. It’s not a candle… it’s my wife and I, already elbows-deep in dough andContinue reading “Behind the Apron: Life with a Cottage Baker Pt. 1”
The Handy Husband: DIY Farm Stand
In high school, I built skateboard ramps in my barn; measuring boards, cutting angles, drilling through pipes, working with any scrap piece of wood we could find. Later, teaching theater classes in a school with a full scene shop, I learned to read CAD (barely), manipulate power tools, and collaborate creatively around a workbench. ThoseContinue reading “The Handy Husband: DIY Farm Stand”
Five Things I’ve Brought from My Events & Music Background into a Cottage Bakery
And Where It Has Gotten Us After 2 Months in Business About two months ago, my wife received her official registration number from our county health department as an official cottage bakery. Which came actually rather quickly after she expressed her interest in starting something new — maybe selling baked goods from our home. AfterContinue reading “Five Things I’ve Brought from My Events & Music Background into a Cottage Bakery”
Ethan Avina 