We begin today's episode. I want to say a special happy birthday to my sister, Mary Yolabo.

She is also a side hustler, by the way, owner of a website called marbo-synth.com. That's

Marbo, M-A-R-B-E-A-U, synth, s-y-n-t-h.com. She sells gear for musicians that she describes

as primitive technologies to deliver odd sounds and super playable devices. This is a one-woman

operation run out of her home in Oregon. So shout out to Mary. She's not a sponsor. She's

just my sister, you know, so I can do that. I am grateful for her. I am grateful for you,

my listener. Thank you for being out there as well. And in today's story, our side hustle

story of the day, when her world is turned upside down from COVID-19, a grief counselor

takes a deep dive into her old hobby of baking. Suddenly, she has more inventory than she

knows what to do with. So she teams up with her husband and they set out on a wistful journey.

We're going to go on this wistful journey together. Counselor cakes in the money with baking

bizz. That's the story that's coming up after this message from our sponsor, our actual

sponsor. Okay, stay tuned.

And Marzlin has been baking ever since she could remember. She even worked in a bakery

when she was in college. Ten years after that college gig, Anne was an established professional

in the field of hospice care and grief counseling. Although she still loved baking, that was

just a household hobby. Then the coronavirus pandemic hit, you know, which one I'm talking

about, and Anne saw her professional world turn upside down. Suddenly, her career working

directly with patients was severely impacted. That meant she was spending a lot more time

at home. And like so many other people who were suddenly homebound, she started to bake

a lot. One day, she filled the kitchen table with lemon blueberry whoopie pies right next

to where her husband Paul was taking calls on zoom. Those pies were delicious, but they

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