Today’s coping tip is to be creative, cook, draw, write, paint, make, or inspire.

While I do play some guitar, I’m not much for painting. Certainly I write a lot here, and my creativity is often with cooking. I did this a couple of weeks ago, trying something new when my sister-in-law came into town.

I planned a Cuban dinner, with the following recipes:

• Cuban Pork
• Baked Plantains
• Cilantro Lime Rice
• oven roasted asparagus
• spicy pickles

A nice, tasty, but not too heavy (or unhealthy) dinner. First time roasting plantains (or using them at all) and they came out nice.

I started to add a daily coping tip to the SQL Server Central newsletter and to the Community Circle, which is helping me deal with the issues in the world. I’m adding my responses for each day here. All my coping tips are under this tag.