As a late-bloomer when it comes to the magicalness that can be Instagram, I am quite often blown away (only to follow, never to post)! And SaltySeattle seems to amaze me often.

SaltySeattle is Linda Miller Nicholson, also known as the Pasta Ninja. She is an internationally-recognized pasta powerhouse. She’s been the subject of several documentaries, has a popular cookbook called Pasta, Pretty Please, and regularly appears on national television, in addition to hosting an online pasta show on The Food Network. She is incredibly fun to follow.

Now, a little history about the subject of this pasta creation- The Ouija Board. In February 1891, the first few advertisements started appearing in papers: Ouija, the Wonderful Talking Board, boomed a Pittsburgh toy and novelty shop, describing a magical device that answered questions “about the past, present and future with marvelous accuracy” and promised “never-failing amusement and recreation for all the classes,” a link “between the known and unknown, the material and immaterial.” Another advertisement in a New York newspaper declared it “interesting and mysterious” and testified, “as proven at the Patent Office before it was allowed. Price, $1.50.” It was a time when America was really obsessed with spiritualism and with Halloween looming, could SaltySeattle have picked a more perfect subject? The arrow moved to "No!" Fun stuff.