#### History You have always been about locally sourced, wholesome ingredient living, with a little bit of sun-bleached sweetener to give your baked goods a shine. You participate in apple picking every year, and every year, those pies sell out without fail. You've won every baking competition you've entered since you were sixteen, and somewhere along the way, you set your passion and your love of the craft down, and now that you're trying to find it again, you can't seem to pick the right drawer. Just last week, your pie crusts burnt and you didn't even bat an eye. You have never made an effort to see what's out there, and you're starting to worry that even though you can tell the flour to butter ratio of a dough by texture alone, you're missing out on something bright and crisp and interesting out in the wider world. You remember [[D. Fritz-Williams (The Stuff Aunt)]] talking about a similar feeling a few years back - you wonder what ever became of their predicament. And you can be sure that [[M. Drossel (Toymaker)]] has seen their share of hardship, but for some reason you've never had time to ask how they keep the paints bright and the stars lit. And worse than that... you don't have enough money to pay off the credit you've taken out at the farm and the mill for all those local organics. You don't know when it got this bad, but the debt is piling up, and there's fewer and fewer places you can check for loose change - or your passion. You've heard that [[D. Fritz-Williams (The Stuff Aunt)]]'s new neighbors, [[D. Nisse (Yuppie)]], [[O. Nausse (Yuppie)]] [[W. Nysse (Yuppie)]], are fixated on town traditions; maybe they can help you find what you're looking for. You're hoping that the yearly Christmas Party will lift your spirits, return your love of baking, or at least help you pay your debts. Maybe the answer is to create a New Year's tradition all about pies... maybe the answer is to give up your great-great-great-great grandma's pie crust recipe and turn off the ovens forever. #### Questions How do you recover joy and passion in the face of mundane problems? What sacrifices do you make by sticking with tradition? Is winning or success the only way to light up joy? #### Opportunities See what [[L. Fritz (Ingenue)]] found appealing about the big city. Find out who else in town is well traveled and what they discovered. See what a CEO will pay for the secret formula - decide if it's worth selling your lifelong dream.