Minister Of Mocha

I’m sitting at my desk trying to decide what to put in the blog today and it all of a sudden occurs to me that it is no longer January! That means that we are officially in Birthday Month for this dear blogger. We hear it all the time – “Time flies!” In general I…

This week was a big football weekend here in the States as the two finalists for the Super Bowl were decided. A large portion of my circle of friends are fans of the Denver Broncos, so I was cheering by association with them. But if you really know me, you know that hockey is my…

It’s Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in America. So far I’ve spent my “holiday” out trying to work on a fence for a guy who wasn’t there to open his doors to where we had stored all of the supplies; had a cup of coffee with a friend; and debated the sanity of people…

Often times things happen that just don’t fit my paradigm of reality. This weekend’s Steeler victory is an example. For that matter, this whole football weekend demonstrates that. Last Friday I sat in my office and listened to a brand new David Bowie album, and this morning I wake up to find that he has…

So here we are with a fancy new number at the end of all our dates. All of the pretty Christmas decorations are coming down like autumn leaves. The temperature keeps dropping. And everyone keeps acting like the entire world is different and new. As if NOW, because of an arbitrary date on the calendar,…

This time of year is often associated with ribbons and bows. There’s gifts under trees and lights on them. People even appear at work festooned with garland, tinsel, and other festive decorations. Then there’s the flip side – the snot and tears. I’m not just referring to the bratty kids (and adults) who don’t get…

This time of year has a lot of people thinking on a grand scale. We put up outrageous Christmas displays. We make decadent goodies. We create lavish lists of gifts to get and give. Christmas can be hectic. I am not excluding myself from this group of over-doers. I fall into the same traps. The…

So this week is a week of excitement in my family. I’ll be headed to Winston-Salem, North Carolina to take my youngest girl for an interview at Wake Forest University. She is hoping to enroll in a Physician’s Assistant program this fall and we have been planning for an interview at another school in February.…

Boy oh boy, the shopping season has definitely hit us. Just this weekend I was at a hockey game and they had a FANTASTIC deal on all of their sweaters (that’s a jersey for you football and baseball fans). Now here it is “Cyber Monday” and my inbox is crammed with offers on goods from…

It’s that time of year when everyone turns their eyes toward thankfulness. Why not? I mean, if we only have to do it this one time, or maybe a couple of times for this week in November, that’s not so hard. We can just fake it ’til we make it, then go back to complaining…