Coffee is My Ally

Why is my musician / barista / coffee-geek son hanging out at TED 2014, where some of the world's leading thinkers and creative minds have come to share ideas? Because coffee is being offered to TED speakers and attendees by world class baristas provided by the Specialty Coffee Association of America and World Coffee Events.

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Love and Other Not-So-Complicated Things

This little feller, perched happily on the driver's side of my car Tribby, greeted me with a twiggy wave when I pulled into my snow-covered lane way late this afternoon. Yup, my old Mazda Tribute was humming a happy tune as it glided to a gentle stop and spied this little guy - 'bout two feet high - waving from atop a drift-covered flower bed. 

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