An Old friend
“I started to create my own business at home with an old white hand mixer. The first sweet treats that I made with it and then sold were cupcakes. After that my clients asked me to bake a cake, then ginger bread cookies and cake pops. I was so excited to make all these desserts because before that I had never thought I was a baker. 
I used my old white friend for a long time, I think for four or even five years. When a new age came to my life I rented a bakery shop and bought a brand new big mixer, so my old one became purely ornamental in my kitchen.
Now I live in the United States, in New York City. And this is a sign from above, I think. I found another one. An old white hand mixer was lying just in front of me on a give-away table. There was no doubt that I needed it. 
So now there is a big question. Do I need to start baking? I mean… again?”

– Sergei Shakhmatov

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