Is there something I'm missing?

What do you do in a small town?
When life revolves around day trips to Wal-Mart and small bars blaring country music for beer-guzzling cowboys, where does that leave the rest of us?
I’ve given into cooking lately. On days when working from home leaves me tied to the laptop furiously responding to emails and negotiating contracts, the stove top has become a guilty pleasure. I sneak away to create enticing aromas and get lost in the challenge of turning our sparse cupboards into a dish never before created. (Fancy cheese? Special spices? Fatty additives? Pashaw! Who needs that?) I always have a corner to cut.
Ok, I will admit that sometimes it works and sometimes it does NOT.
My other new pastime is taking the dogs for walks. They anxiously await the ritual now and it gets me an extra mini-workout in at the end of the day. (And a reason to watch the funny little people who live in the neighborhood-- Some of the things they do!)
Maybe I’ll write a novel or discover something exciting, but until then I feel domesticated and not sure how I like that role.