Avocation refers to a hobby or a secondary pursuit that one engages in for enjoyment or personal interest, rather than as a primary occupation or job. It is typically something people do in their free time.
The car is flatly gorgeous, technologically tasty, and today the beneficiary of far more postmortem respect than most of the automotive world awarded it during its lifetime. Nowadays, those who truly understand them venerate the sporting roadsters based on the Fiat 124 as genuine paragons of understated good taste and spirited motoring amid true continental…
An interview with Phil La Duke. “Tracey Fouché: “From Avocation To Vocation; How I Turned My Hobby Into A Career”” is published by Phil La Duke in Authority Magazine.
As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jane Stoller. Jane is a Swiss-Canadian life-biz…
As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Kevin Caron. Born in Connecticut on February 2…
An interview with Phil La Duke. ““From Avocation To Vocation: How I Turned My Hobby Into A Career” With Kathryn Starke of Creative…” is published by Phil La Duke in Authority Magazine.
An interview with Phil La Duke. ““From Avocation To Vocation: How I Turned My Hobby Into A Career” With Elise DeCamp of Ocelot…” is published by Phil La Duke in Authority Magazine.
As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Debra Chin. New York native and Bay Area transplant…
Let's talk about about kite-flying around the world. First, a look at the history of kites, then 10 of the biggest kite festivals around the world, plus incredible multicultural books and crafts for kids! Get outside and fly a kite today!!!
As the riders head home after the Berlin tournament, we take a look back at some of our favourite images from five days of exciting, high-speed racing
As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Rhian Allen. Rhian created the Healthy Mommy and…
As a part of our series about entrepreneurs who transformed something they did for fun into a full-time career, I had the pleasure of interviewing Beth Lawrence. Beth is an Award-Winning Meeting &…
Lisa on Instagram: "Another ‘Blushing Daisy’ commission piece completed… 🤍 #customart #commission #daisy"
The concept for Morpheus Watches was to create fully custom works of horological art, dedicated to some specific theme, avocation, or vocation. Whether based on desig...
Subtilitas is a project that was born from my avocation of drawing architectural sketches. Using photographs of flat surfaces and textures, I began creating three-dimensional composites of buildings that looked as though they were photographs. While most …
If you’re looking to introduce your child to the world of chess or make it your new avocation, here are some best unique chess sets that will get you there. These chess boards are fun, contemporary, vintage and everything else you would like them to be!
The purpose of this website is to share my passion for planes with you. I am an avid plane spotter and photographer and I would like to let you see what I have done while pursuing my avocation. Most of my spare time is spent planespotting at YYZ Toronto Pearson International Airport.
I teach college English and currently we are studying short fiction. I had a nice moment the other day when my vocation interlocked with my avocation and I was able to talk about quilts in class. The short story we were studying was "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker and it's an interesting riff on how…
That last post got me thinking about not just the progression of my trees but where I got them and from whom. And also the friendships that have come about from this hobby (passion and avocation for me). Let me introduce some trees: From the left, ficus salicaria, conocarpus erectus, forestiera segregata, ficus Burt davyii…
Long before he joined the 82nd Airborne Division as a peacetime warrior in the mid-1950s, Lou Drendel of Venice was fascinated with things military. It began when he was a kid and his father built balsa wood airplane models for him. "These models got me interested in aviation and launched my avocation in aviation art,"…
