Minister Of Mocha

If you know me at all, you are probably aware of how much I ADORE birthdays. Today is my day! I’ve been looking forward to it all year. My co-workers and family threw me a surprise karaoke party at church yesterday afternoon. This morning I had coffee with a couple of good pals. It’s been…

There it is…I struggle. I know that isn’t what you might be looking for in a blog on recovery, but it is the hard truth. I often find myself at night looking back on the day that just was and thinking “Is that all you’ve done?” As I had my morning coffee with a friend…

It’s the day after the Super Bowl. The dust has settled and the trophies have been distributed in the midst of the confetti at mid-field. There was a lot of pomp and bragging before the teams took the field on a sunny Sunday afternoon, then for a little more than three hours grown men played…

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…