FRONT BURNER: Peach Tiramisu keeps oven off, sweet tooth satiated

I haven't felt like turning on the oven much lately. Yes, of course, part of it is the heat. But also, more than that, I'm just not getting the fulfillment from baking that I usually do.

Normally, whatever that means, I bake. I bake when I'm happy. I bake when I'm sad. I bake when I'm struggling. It's how I process change. It's how I mull over difficult decisions. It's how I manage stress. It's how I ground myself.

But for the past month or so, I haven't felt like baking.

I recall another time in my life when I was struggling and didn't feel like doing something that I loved and my doctor told me to do it anyway. And keep doing it, whether I wanted to or not.