How to make the best cup of coffee

June 22, 2026
☕ I love me a good cup of coffee! But what do the experts say about what the best cup of coffee entails? I did some research. Now, let me go on record and say I do not follow these directions entirely or even mostly. But they're good to know, because hey, one day? I just might take it a bit more...

Dare to dream

March 2, 2012
It doesn’t interest mewhat you do for a living.I want to knowwhat you ache forand if you dare to dreamof meeting your heart’s longing.~Oriah Mountain DreamerThe...

"Honey, get the gun!"

March 1, 2012
Our neighborhood e-list has had an ongoing discussion about our many solicitors, real and fake. And by fake, I mean thieves casing homes for future robberies. Lots of...

Marrakesh Express

March 1, 2012
Marrakesh Express/Crosby Stills & Young All on board....the...

marriage

February 29, 2012
I was watching a Facebook thread on marriage the other day, and I noticed that there seem to be quite a few unmarried women who desire wedded bliss. {There were also a...

Mad Men, retro fashion & leap day proposals

February 29, 2012
Mad Men's coming back and I'm excited! It's fun to suspend time and live in another era for an hour a week. Especially because I'm just crazy about retro fashion.I'm...

Pancake mix and the Oscars: please explain

February 28, 2012
On Oscar night, I heard Ozzy Osborne's daughter, Kelly Osborne (who, inexplicably, was doing fashion commentary), constantly giggle that Sacha Baron Cohen throwing...

Negativity is nonproductive

February 28, 2012
I was in the car the other day --someone else was driving. It was around commute time, and commuters were doing all sorts of things: they cut us off or lagged at a green...

West Side Story parody

February 27, 2012
It's time for a laugh. Mondays are always that way, no? So two posts today and one a laugh.Saw West Side Story the other month, and this well-done oldie cracked me up....

The stories we tell ourselves

February 27, 2012
To a great degree, we are the stories we tell ourselves...what we're conditioned to believe.And we do it to ourselves.Because we're adults and way too oldto blame...

Are all religions "cults?"

February 26, 2012
"Do you think we'll ever elect a Mormon president?" a friend asked the other day, as she navigated her car through the streets of San Jose."I don't support Romney, but I...

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