Sheltering in place is at once completely new and boring, nerve wracking and peaceful, isolating while creating new ways to connect. It can numb the spirit or spark the imagination. As I give thanks for good health and good fortune, I cook and bake and bake some more- for the structure, for the warmth that fills my house and nourishes my homebody soul, and for the peace that is so hard to find outside my door.
![A photograph of a Chinese take-out box with the text: "About-All-I-Can-Handle-Tonight."](https://coviddiaries.library.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.58.26-AM.png)
![Photographs of banana bread batter and a baked loaf of banana bread with the text "Bake American Great Again" and "Refreshing-The-Browser Banana Bread."](https://coviddiaries.library.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.58.34-AM.png)
![A photo of an apple pie with the text "Na na na na, na na na na, hey, hey, hey Apple Pie."](https://coviddiaries.library.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.58.43-AM.png)
![A photograph of a loaf of bread with the text "1,000 People Died of Covid-19 Today and Yesterday and Tomorrow.... Olive-Bread-of-Peace."](https://coviddiaries.library.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screen-Shot-2020-12-11-at-10.58.54-AM.png)
For more, go to Liat’s website at https://www.covidkitchenchronicle.com/.
Submitted by Liat Goldman Douglas, Sonoma County – Sebastopol.