When I first started posting Today’s Coffee on Instagram, it was all about the coffee and the mugs. I was going through a period of downsizing so that we could move to a smaller house. I wanted to unload a lot of my possessions and I did, including about half my mug collection. After the … More Today’s Coffee: Mugs
I really love my morning coffee. I don’t drink coffee often during the rest of my day, but I really want a cup of coffee first thing after I wake up. I’m not quite sure when coffee became such a high point in my life, but I suspect it has to do with being a … More Today’s Coffee: In Praise of the First Cup
On first glance, today’s photo is a study in things that don’t belong together: E.L. Doctorow’s novel of New York City in the early 1900’s, Ragtime, and a Barbie Doll with an American flag as the backdrop. Add the photo of a line drawing of a Charles Dana Gibson “girl,” and a picture of chorus … More Today’s Coffee: Ragtime and Gibson Girl
Clearing out and donating items can be a happy and rewarding activity. Look at the kids in the graphic above, carrying their boxes of material goods away to someplace that will reuse them. From the look of their expressions, they are happy. In most cases, this is a great reflection of how it feels to … More Downsizing: The Hard Truth
