Wear the same pair of socks for one year. Wear as in wear, never take them off to sleep, wash, shower yourself, nothing—foot fungusitis amongus! Don’t cut your toenails for a whole year. Don’t pay your phone bill for a year or try staying offline for a whole year. Nose hairs—neglect those for one year. How about drawls? Don’t change your drawls for a whole year, let me know how that works out. I mean don’t turn them around, change them inside out, nothing for one whole year. It’s a long time. Speaking of time.

Each time I start a contender, by the time I get to right around here somewhere, I begin questioning myself because although I have no idea where I’m going with this article, I’m confident it’ll work itself out if I can just somehow tie these ideas together—local street art, food, humor, engagement and pioneer. Reaaddyyyyy-break!

So, what haven’t I covered in my first year in the arena? Promote Pura—check. Travel adventures—check. Been harassed by corrupt law enforcement, watched Hive account@puravidaville play second fiddle to a pita who added nutmeg to Pura’s falafel, restaurant reviews, tarantulas and stray dogs—check, check, check, check and check. Time lapse Pura’s recipes—check. Address sugar volume in baby food, petrol additives in cereal and packaged foods, curate the coolest kitchen on the blockchain—check, check and check. Silverware placement— check.

”Check!”

_{(you should click that check)} I don’t think enough of us are taking our silverware placement seriously. Sure, we got our resident home run hitting food photographers like Hive account@lizelle, Hive account@birdsinparadise and Hive account@lenasveganliving but how much of their camera equipment is being devoted to their silverware placement? No check. The trainer and chef extraordinaire Hive account@plantstoplanks isn’t checking the silverware placement boxes either. Neither is Hive account@jlsplatts, Hive account@farm-mom, you either Hive account@scorer, I see you, Hive account@anggreklestari, Hive account@tasteem, nonya!

Ok. I decided to name the cover image you just clicked on Horizontal Spooning. It was either that or “fork yourself with a sideways spoon” although something about “how to mount a fork” doesn’t sound bad either but my mind’s made up—Horizontal Spooning with masala curry on rice, potato wedges and a vegetable salad:

Horizontal Spooning with bunny chow served on white rice with roasted broccoli and tomato slices:

I have a few more designs I’m currently working on, stay tuned, the art of silverware placement is going to catch on and we’ll be the pioneers of it.

The One-Upper

Together We Stand

Triple Lipper

There’s still some irons I need to get worked out and a few wrinkles in the fire but, considering the old traditional place setting is my only competition, I’m prepared for success.

Traditional and Bored

Or was it irons in the fire and wrinkles worked out? Something like that. However it goes, I still have a few fires in the iron I’m wrinkling out but custom table settings is where it’s at, check out this last one, Sundial, it’s revolutionary. It’s going to change the way people eat.

Sundial

Thanks for hangin out with me again, happy Friday. Have a great weekend, something yata something something and everything else you want me to say right here.

Thursday