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@jenniferhunter I seriously am not creative in what most would consider any form of art, but that article mentions cooking and baking! People think I'm a great cook but most of the time I do go by recipes, perhaps elaborating on them a bit. If you can read, you can cook. So maybe cooking/baking is fulfilling that in me. I was in my glory at Christmas making oodles of cookies to give away. I knew I was making more than we would ever use but I enjoyed the process. I also enjoyed decorating the house, I do a lot of decorating.

Unfortunately with just the two of us here, I have little opportunity to exercise the cooking/baking part of my "creativity". Sometimes I do make cookies and give them to the lovely family across the street -- three children so they love it.
JK

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@contentandwell Hi JK! Yes! Baking counts! I used to do that with my mom making fancy cookies for Christmas. My mom also taught me how to do cake decorating and make roses in icing when I was 6. I did that in 4-H and won trophies several years in a row for my fancy cakes. I used to make marzipan animals for the cakes for a picnic scene, and one year I made a Cinderella coach covered in rose vines with decorated cookies for wheels. I have also done several wedding cakes. I don't do this much anymore since I don't eat much sweets and can't eat wheat. I think a fancy dinner presentation on a plate counts too. Decorating the house is artistic and it makes you feel good to be in that space. Thanks for sharing your story.