Minister Of Mocha

As I was walking in to my friendly neighborhood Starbucks this morning, the song that was drifting across the parking lot was The Weight by The Band. It’s one of those songs that you probably think that you don’t know, but you have probably heard. The lyric that catches everyone’s attention is in the chorus…

Like most of you, I spend a fair amount of time looking at pictures and posts from friends on various social media sights. I enjoy keeping up with what is happening with my people around the country. This morning I saw that a friend had their daughter visiting for spring break. the smiles on their…

Last week we escaped the Great So Cal Blizzard of ’23 to go to Sunny Hawaii. As it happens, Sunny Hawaii also took a break and escaped to parts unknown. For a solid week we had rain and cloudy days, with nary a glimpse of the sun. Then this weekend everything changed. I woke up…

Yesterday was my first full day in Hawaii. I spent it working on flooring for my daughter’s office. It’s a job that’s been dragging on over several trips to the island. This time I was determined to help my son in law get it done. Did I want to spend a day on my knees…

That’s a strange way to start off a recovery blog…Here’s the deal though, As I was sitting at Starbucks waiting to go into a prison yesterday afternoon it occurred to me that Feb 19th was my 21st anniversary date for being released from jail. Pretty neat! My freedom is now old enough to order a…

I got a text from a friend the other day. I used to be pretty tight with this particular person, but in the past several months they have slowly faded into the background. No response on texts or social media posts, no phone call, that sort of thing. I know that it happens, but it…

If you know me, you know I love my birthday. It is quite a big day in my life and my year. In doing a bit of research for something totally different than writing this blog it has come to my attention that I am sitting on the 8 year mark for Minister of Mocha.…

I’m guessing that you have all seen the carnival game called Whack-A-Mole. You get a padded mallet and as little mole heads pop up out of holes, you whack them to earn points. One head comes up…Whack! Down it goes and then his buddy pops up from a different hole. It’s quite ridiculous and wonderful…

I was watching TV this weekend. Being the natural born tightwad that I am, the heater in the house was off and I had some blankets over me to keep me warm. The blankets worked, but I’m sure they looked funny to anyone who might catch a glimpse of me. There’s the math right there:…

This morning I was awakened by a tiny kiss on the cheek. I’m visiting my grandkids and that’s how it goes in the morning: little patter of little 3 year old (“Going on Four, Papa”) feet then a kiss on the cheek. It’s the best! Today we had planned on going out to breakfast as…