Sometimes I sit and stare at the computer screen totally
devoid of ideas. My characters are
hiding out and aren’t speaking to me. Next,
I resort to trolling the Internet doing research. If that doesn’t spark an idea,
I hop over to Facebook and see what my friends are doing and hope that I read
something inspiring. If I strike out there, I always end up at the same
place---joyofbaking,com. Yep, when I’m stuck in a rut but don’t want to leave
the house, I head straight for the kitchen and bake something sweet and
delicious. This talent I learned from my grandmother. She was full of wisdom
but one particular conversation we had one summer vacation made a lasting
impression.
“Grandma, why are you baking a cake at nine o’clock at
night? We still have some of the wonderful lemon meringue pie left?”
She gave me smile and reached for the sugar. “I have a big
problem to solve.”
“But I think we have plenty of pie left for dessert
tomorrow.”
Grandma chuckled. “That’s not the problem.”
“Then what is?”
She poured melted chocolate into the mixing bowl. “Your
grandpa wants to buy a new car and I’m perfectly happy with the one we have.”
“You can’t get rid of Betsy. She’s a great car.”
Grandma stopped mixing her batter. “I agree. But I need to
figure out how to convince Grandpa.”
“So you’re making a cake?”
“Exactly. Baking up something sweet and delicious works
every time.”
Spoon and all, I hugged her. “I hope you have a problem
everyday I’m here.”
Anne
2 comments:
LOL, Anne! That's great advice. And those desserts look scrumptious.
OMG those desserts look delicious. Sounds like your grandmother was a wise woman.
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