While the world around us is constantly changing in ways beyond our wildest comprehension, it's good to have routine, with solid, steady life-affirming activities.
One of these activities for me is baking. And another is writing. Both are creating something new from raw ingredients and they combine together perfectly when I'm with my Coney Island writing pals. Yesterday we met up (by zoom) for our monthly writing session. While we really miss seeing each other in person, I still look forward to these meet-ups where we can catch up on each others news over a coffee and do some writing. And we got down to using raw ingredients in our writing, back to basics, thinking about our vocabulary and gramnar. Just altering the quantity and quality of each raw ingredient can improve the end result considerably.
It was good to get the creative writing juices flowing again after a break over the holidays with this supportive group. I consider I'm very blessed to be part of it. It was encouraging to look back on our writing year together - it's quite an accomplishment that we've managed to keep connected throughout 2020. And chocanana muffins were the perfect accompaniment.
