thoughts

In which it was everything else

  • I have a long history with Peet’s Coffee. Like any reasonable coffee snob, I was aware of Peet’s as a roaster and shop. Since there are no Peet’s locations I am aware of anywhere in Texas, I rarely encountered it when shopping. I often saw the bags of grounds on the pedestrian coffee aisle, and

    Read more →

  • This is a holiday that is actually observed by the state. We have the day off. This remains one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen, that in the year 2023, were taking a day off work to celebrate some people who attempted to tear the country apart 150 years ago. No one in their

    Read more →

  • Lately, I think we’ve all been a little anxious, to use a heavily overused word, in my life anyway. Everyone is worried about the world situation with the COVID-19 pandemic and the crisis in our country with regards to race relations, politics, and our collective future. How will things ever get better? Well, that comes

    Read more →

  • We watched “Ad Astra” last night. Like pretty much everyone, we are watching some missed pieces during this pandemic and associated quarantine. We worked through “Tales from the Loop” last week, and while I was perusing the watchlist Friday afternoon I realized there were a few movies on HBO that we had missed at the

    Read more →

  • “The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month…”

    Read more →

  • Jay-Z “Blueprint”

    Do you fools listen to music?

    Read more →

  • Enlightenment

    Enlightenment is like the moon reflected on the water. The moon does not get wet, nor is the water broken. Although its light is wide and great, The moon is reflected even in a puddle an inch wide. The whole moon and the entire sky Are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. Dogen

    Read more →