Time well spent
I thought many times of returning to this space the last few years. I did a lot of cooking, but it was different. Some days the planning of meals felt like a burden. Other days, I'd feel inspired again, wake up hungry as always, thinking of what to make. During initial 'lockdown,' being in the kitchen was comforting in many ways; the prepping, the chopping, even the dishes afterwards. There was solace in the most quotidian tasks, punctuating each day, however gently. Still, it was a difficult time, all the sameness, and the horrible news, the days and weeks blurring together. Not wanting to spread Covid to the family, I was extra careful, barely going out. I worried about getting a second chronic illness on top of the one I already have. Back in January of 2020 I just started beauty school, and by March the school had shut down, the whole city too, and none of us knew what was going on, or when this would all be over. I finally finished school about a year later. That firs...
