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It’s Friday. I’m mentioning that because I lose track, particularly when my schedule is different. And it's been different this month, with extra shifts and a research trip and other stuff. You all understand. For a couple weeks I’ve been meaning to send my coffee companions a thank you note. It's been a couple months. And in one of those entries on my to do list, I wrote, “I should send t...
Thanks for the coffee.
Jan 17, 2025
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Dear Coffee friends. I wanted to write you a tiny beautiful perfect story, to offer to you all as a thank you. A story I’ve not told elsewhere. But I don’t know one. So I’ll tell you this one. +++ A friend is hurting. We’re hundreds of miles apart. They will go about their day. And I’ll tell people in a hospital what I would tell my friend. But then, sometimes, I write. And sometim...
Writing and reading and drinking coffee together.
Nov 19, 2024
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Dear Coffee buyers: There is a Starbucks in Ulm, in Germany. It’s in the square that surrounds the tallest church in the world. At least that’s the claim and has been for centuries. Nancy sat in that Starbucks a couple Sundays ago, while Andrew (our son) and I ran a 5K which ended on the other side of the church from the Starbucks. She tracked us and tracked our daughter who was coming from th...
Back to writing.
Oct 16, 2024
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