Minister Of Mocha

Hello ev-er-y-body! (I feel so Elmo). This morning finds me sitting on my daughter’s lanai with a cup of coffee and my three grandsons watching the sunrise over Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii.  Life could be worse, right?!? If you’ve never visited Hawaii it is quite different from the desert of Ridgecrest. I…

Listening to the radio this morning I discovered that today, June 1, is Say Something Nice Day. Wow! A whole day to say something nice. I suppose that means we are all off the hook for the rest of the year then, right?!? I enjoy these little “Days” to focus on things. Honest, when I…

I’ve been seeing a lot of information lately about “Red Nose Day”. I got curious, because, why wouldn’t you want to investigate a big red nose, right?!? So here’s what I’ve found (and I learned it all on the Giant Information Machine, better known as the interwebs, so it MUST be true!): “Red Nose Day…

Well here it is, the beginning of May again already! I live in California but we still have a ton of people who love to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Let’s face it, most Americans don’t really put a whole lot of thought into why they party, they’re just happy to have a reason to celebrate.…

Have you ever had one of those days? I certainly have, and I’m guessing that you have as well. Heck, sometimes it feels like EVERY day is one of THOSE days, doesn’t it?!? There are just so many things that come at me from all directions it just makes me want to throw in the…

So this last week at Celebrate Recovery was pretty neat. My week was rolling along like a pretty standard week: I put up my blog, I wrote my lesson, I practiced my music, I talked about the menu with Chef Jenny…oh yeah, we saw Barry…but aside from that it was kind of business as usual.…