When young Iranian Nassim Soleimanpour, who had been teaching set design at the University of Tehran, was summoned for compulsory military service, he declared himself a conscientious objector. In Iran under the harsh boot of the mullahs, that was not the wisest decision. Graced with plain dumb good luck, Soleimanpour was not imprisoned or tortured for his deeply held obstinacy. The authorities slapped him softly by rescinding his passport and therefore forbade him travel. Since his family were well-known writers in Iran, where poetry is revered, their social status may have saved his life. But in his confinement, he found his career.
IUKA ⢠Madeline Grote, a 17-year-old senior at Tishomingo County High School, has been baking since she was a preschooler.
But it wasnât until the end of her sophomore school year that she tapped into her true talents.
âSomeone asked me to decorate some sugar cookies for their sonâs graduation, and I did, and then the word got out,â Grote said. âNowâ Iâm pretty much known for them.â
She bakes and decorates cookies for all occasions â holidays, birthdays, special events. Her creations can be found on her Facebook page, Madelineâs Homemade Tiny Cakes.
âI taught some classes at a shop here on cookie decorating for Halloween and Thanksgiving,â Grote said. âI very much enjoy decorating. It makes me very happy. Baking is my happy place, especially when Iâm making new things.â
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