coffee + potholder

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can’t wait

a thought that brings me joy is the thought of the first cup of coffee i am going to have tomorrow morning.

this is an example of a positive prediction about the future. rehearsing this thought, i feel better. hopeful.

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travel mug + acupuncture

so what I’m drinking out of a travel mug. this coffee was made with love and it tastes great.

it is possible to truly enjoy coffee in a quiet holistic healing waiting area. quiet is such a commodity.

I love you!

 

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first iphone cup of coffee

new device, new day, new cup
let us give thanks

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a breakfast list

here is what i have been eating for breakfast lately:

1. half (“.5″) or possibly whole (“1.0″) banana, organic, not too ripe, peeled and destringed
2. no more than ten (“10″) raw, organic walnuts
3 one (“1.0″) or possibly two (“2″) slices of food for life® wheat and gluten free millet bread toast
4. one (“1.0″) or more traditional, cup-and-saucer, type coffee cups of coffee. this is an organic, free-trade blend of two kinds of beans procured at the park slope food coop including _organic love buzz_ for the caf component, and _french roast_ for the decaf component.

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a day without coffee

i did not drink any coffee today. i am sick and woke up knowing i could not drink it today. or, rather, that drinking it would be a waste since i would be unable to smell and taste it. it’s as though the sensory requirements for coffee enjoyment are not met when i am sick. yet, i drank two cups of earl gray tea and liked it very much. i don’t know what to do with this information.

i am hoping that tomorrow will be a coffee day. for me and for all sentient beings everywhere…without exception.

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a rainy sick day list: originally hand-crafted 2.23.10 @ 8:08pm

1. wake up at 3 am feeling quite ill
2. wake up again at 8 feeling illish
3. coffee
4. boiled egg
5. mochi
6. call in sick
7. coffee
8. make list
9. unload dishwasher
10. put clean dishes away
11. load dirty dishes into dishwasher
12. renew rx
13. arrange delivery of same
14. snack, details of which unimportant
15. make necessary phone call
16. connect with old friend on west coast
17. discuss aromatherapy-related concepts and plans with same
18. adjust fb settings to reflect current reality of friend configurations in present as well as in past
19. clean litter box with bon ami, lavender all-purpose cleaning gel
20. perform neti with home-made essential oil infused sea salt and ghee
21. create rosewater from dried rosebuds gotten at co op
22. re-fold and put away laundry as necessary
23. view premier and second episodes of jersey shore
24. explain to fb person “y” i am doing #23 above
25. receive fone call from beloved requesting (confirming, in her mind) dinner preparation
26. select musical accompaniment for prepping
27. prepare dinner

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taste problem

maybe it’s my sinuses. maybe it’s my new hygienic habit of scraping my tongue with a tablespoon upon waking in the ayurvedic fashion. i don’t know why, but i am having trouble tasting my coffee lately. this is especially troubling in light of (1) my fear of losing my sense of smell/taste and going mad, and (2) the fact that my beloved has been grinding my coffee fresh for me almost every morning.

this has to stop immediately. my coffee enjoyment is too important to be impaired for whatever reason.

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today’s menu

1. coffee
2. small piece of mochi
3. follow-up cup
4. peanut butter and jelly sandwich
5. huge apple
6. granola-sunflower seed-raising mixture
7. small piece of cheddar cheese
8. small slice of cucumber
9. intermittent, inadequate hydration
10. sunflower seeds

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3x

today i drank 3 bodums of coffee.  half decaf, half regular. the last bodumful was freshly ground and so good that i am considering notching up my daily coffee requirements to include freshly ground.

my heart is pounding and i am wishing i could keep going. do i dare?

rationalization: it’s really like drinking 1.5 cups of regular coffee and 1.5 cups decaf.  not so much.

often when i drink multiple bodums of coffee, the second is inferior and i think, i didn’t really need this. but this time, the enjoyment is escalating. i am truly tempted to form another bodum and stir up the muddy goodness with a chopstick and wait for it to ripen.

some spontaneous coffee poetry:

you are the coffee flower of my heart
you, glass thing of wonder
i stir you gently and wait and wait and ask my partner susan, do you think the coffee is ready? what is the temperature going to be today?
now all that remains is the late afternoon sun, steelish sky and cup with a layer of sadness on the bottom
sad because i want it and, at the same time, know it is full of grounds. which i don’t want.

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