A stranger messaged me, trying to buy a book I hadn’t written. The title? This Time Next Year You’ll Be Glad You Started. The description? Weirdly perfect. So now I’m testing a spell: if 100 people preorder this nonexistent book, I’ll write it. If not? It vanishes back into the ether. Want in?| Offbeat Home & Life
Gen X careers have been a masterclass in adaptability—like cockroaches surviving nuclear blasts. I started out dreaming of a magazine gig, pivoted to blogging, built a wedding media empire, got a corporate job… then got laid off. Now? I’m an AI consultant for wedding vendors. The real skill? Mutating, evolving, and figuring out *whatever’s next*...| Offbeat Home & Life
Look, I'm not really a "share my recipes online" kind of person, because I don't really use recipes. I'm more of an intuitive cook. That said, I do have one recipe that I follow religiously and it's these pancakes. They only have FOUR ingredients, so they're fabulously easy to make.| Offbeat Home & Life
We live in a three-bedroom, two bath two story geodesic dome house with 4 ft. riser walls on the central Oregon coast. Built in 1981, we are about 2 city blocks from the beach and elevated 151 ft above sea level, tucked into the trees with ocean views on two sides among conventional houses. Here's my advice for those considering buying a geodesic dome house...| Offbeat Home & Life
Death doulas see death not only as something that’s a necessary part of life... but something that can even be beautiful.| Offbeat Home & Life
Many years ago, when I was greedily going through every article on Offbeat Home to absorb all of the awesomeness within, I came across an article about how to adopt an elephant from Sheldrick's Wildlife Trust. This year, I finally adopted my own orphaned elephant.| Offbeat Home & Life
Hi, my name is Suki and last month I got unexpectedly laid off, along with a third of the company where I was working. This week, I just started a new job... Let me tell you what I did to stay sane and quickly pivot from lay off depression to proactive job hunting momentum.| Offbeat Home & Life
As a person who rescues senior dogs I'm very aware that our pets won't be around forever. I've lost many of my babies, and I've been looking into getting a piece of memorial jewelry so that I can keep them with me always. Luckily there are so many different ways to make and wear pet memorial jewelry. So I thought I'd share all the gorgeous ways we can keep our fur babies with us always...| Offbeat Home & Life
My mom recently moved back into the log cabin she and my dad built in the '70s, after over a decade of renting it. But she wasn't really using the upstairs at all, and so this summer she said that my 12-year-old son Tavi and I could take over a couple rooms. Here's how I'm using cute photo gifts all over the cabin help my son feel at home...| Offbeat Home & Life
I've always had very thin, fine hair that curls naturally in certain humidity. In hot weather it's just frizzy. My other issue is that I don't have a lot of it. I've tried Shamphree briefly, and coconut oil, and others. But there's just so many options out there that I wonder what has worked for other people with fine, thin, sometimes frizzy hair?| Offbeat Home & Life
