How to make the best cup of coffee

June 22, 2026
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☕ 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...
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Going to hell in a handbasket*

February 11, 2012
I saw this day coming. The day in which three-year-olds compete in beauty pageants wearing heavy eye-makeup, false lashes and dressed as the main character in the...
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Ebb 7 flow emotions

February 11, 2012
Reader (and one of my inspirations) Oriah pointed out recently in a comment that she believes that emotions ebb and flow on their own and that we can't change how we...
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The thing about modern art

February 10, 2012
This puts in perspective any time I've had that thoughafter looking at modern art.How about...
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Let today be a new day

February 9, 2012
Here's the great thing about life:At any given moment, we can change how we feel.Sure, there have been times in my lifewhen I've let circumstancesbuffet me around a...
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Every moment in Tampa counted

February 8, 2012
The winter air is soft in west-central Florida, soft and just a little humid. Walking through the warm jetway heading toward the terminal, I felt the start of a warm...
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Fewer books

February 7, 2012
Barnes & Noble, Tampa I must admit to a sense of relief when I walk into a large bookstore, relief that some bookstores still exist. Some don't. Until last year,...
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Not all who wander are lost

February 6, 2012
Maybe I was born restless or maybe even defiant. But I knew early that I didn't belong where I came from ...and I certainly didn't hew to the party line.I had the...
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The Four Agreements

February 5, 2012
The Four Agreements are as good a road map for life as anything. I like that the author calls them a guide to personal freedom.Would you add anything to his list?The...
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Pray that they be healed

February 4, 2012
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The way it is with dreams

February 4, 2012
Journal cover.A young man gave the journal to me a year or more ago and the thoughtson its cover inspire me still.Love the idea of a smiling stray dreamwagging its tail...
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