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- WHOA – STILL DWELLING IN OUR MOTORHOME – TWO YEARS NOT TRAVELING – FINALLY HAVE INTERNET WE CAN USE – ADAPTED MY NOVEL INTO A SCREENPLAY – THAT WAS FUN – HAD A LOT TO LEARN AND LEARNED WHILE WRITING – NOW READY TO SELL – DUH – PANDEMIC – YOU GOT TO BE KIDDNIG – STILL – OUR GOD REIGNS – THE LORD IS ALWAYS GOOD –
- Our Rocking Rolling 2018 Tour in Our Motorhome – Living Life – Like Everyone Else – Lots of Good Times – Some Trials and Tribulations – But in the End – It’s All Good – God is Good –
- So Long – So Long – Not Goodbye but Too Long not to Post – We Live the RV Life – Data Costs More than We Like – Posting Requires Data – Almost Decided to Quit Posting – Catch Up Time –
- I Opened the Shades to See the Sun Rise – Black Storm Clouds Loomed – What Would Sunrise Look Like – Would the Light Shine Through – YES – Gloom Gave Way to Bursting Shades of Purple Pink and Lavendar – Reminding Me of Troubled Times that Shrink When Grace and Truth Appear – God Is Good – Hang on When Trouble Hides the Light – Ashes Blow Away – Beauty Remains –
- Sunrise at Van Horn RV Park in Van Horn, Texas – Small Town – Excellent Park – We Are Resting Here – Calm Blue Skies in the Morning – Motorhomes and Fifth Wheels and Campers Coming and Going Each Day – We Love It –
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- Beginning Our 2018-19 Tour in our Motorhome – And the Excitement Builds – What Could Be So Exciting – For Me – Looking Out Our Windows Beholding New Surroundings – I Love It –
- Blue Sky – Blue Sky – Morning Is My Favorite Time of Day –
- Bikes in Our Future – Steve Turning 80 Soon – Carol Ann 70 – We Think We Can Ride Them and Have Fun – Good Exercise – A Recap of Challenging Journey – Different from Our First Year that Happened without a Hitch –
- Las Cruces New Mexico – Destination for Fun with Friends – Fellow RVers Meet Us Here – We Dine Together at Local Restaurants – And There Are Plenty – Steve Had Coach and Jeep Washed after Five Days of Rain and Mud in Texas – Now They Shine Again –
- Long Time No Post – Spent All Our Time Having Fun with Family – But Then Moved on and Parked Here in Louisiana – View of the Bayou – Simple but Adequate RV Park – Staying Longer than Scheduled – Again Diverging from Our Original Plan –
- Moving toward Our Next Destination – Driving a Comfortable Distance – Following Our Plan – Reaching Parks We Booked Months Earlier – Three Days to Rest – Three Days that Fly By –
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- Had to Share this Photo of Lake Erie Shore – We Arrived this Afternoon Greeted by a Wasp that Flew into the Small Window Used to Pay Tolls from the Driver’s Seat – Last Year Hornets Invaded the Cockpit – One Huge Wasp Was Just as Effective in Slowing Down our Progress until We Smacked it Silly and Tossed it in the Trash –
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- Camping on Little Pigeon River Makes Up for Being Canceled by Our RV Park on the Mighty Mississippi – Which Flooded Her Banks This Year – Here We Are on Another Riverbank – Enjoying the View –
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Category Archives: Coffee
My Morning Coffee – Is It a Habit – Surely Not – Only 2 Cups a Day – I Like It – But I Don’t Have to Have It – Or Do I –
I often mix coffee brands and flavors. Today I brewed Dunkin’ Donuts Hazelnut with Starbucks French Roast. I like my coffee with cream, and this morning I stirred in a small squirt of Hershey’s dark chocolate syrup, as well. When I say I drink two … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Memoir
Tagged Coffee Addiction, coffee brands, Coffee Habit, Coffee Withdrawal, Dunkin' Donuts Hazelnut, Eliminating Coffee, Habit, Herbal Tea, Hershey's Dark Chocolate Syrup, morning coffee, Peppermint Tea, Reverse Symptoms, Severe Headache, Starbucks French Roast, withdrawal symptoms
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Reading a Dean Koontz Novel from His Odd Thomas Series – I Had to Know How Koontz Did This – How Could a Protagonist in a Suspense Thriller Become the Subject of a Series – I Found Out –
My relaxation station is a love-seat with a bench that I use as a coffee table and footstool. Picture that. It works. I rest my feet on the bench and read books on my Kindle. This afternoon I read a Dean Koontz novel, one from his … Continue reading
Morning Coffee Prepared in my Bodum Bean Ice French Press Coffeemaker Inspires Carbohydrate Search – HM Nothing – What about Gluten-Free Crepe-like Pancakes – YES – I’m Liking my Gluten-Free Flour Better than Ever –
We switched from our Keurig coffeemaker that produces wonderful, hot coffee in moments to a Bodum Cold Press that makes cold coffee in several hours. We made this change to drink less acidic coffee that is better for our health. My first encounter with … Continue reading
Posted in Coffee, Cooking Techniques and Shortcuts, Food
Tagged Bodum Bean Iced French Press, Bodum cold press, carbohydrates, Carol Ann Hoel, cinnamon, Coffee Grinder, Cold press Coffee, Crepe-like pancakes, Gluten-free Flour, Ground Coffee, Ingredients crepe-like pancakes, Keurig Coffeemaker, Less acidic coffee, Less Acidity, Thin pancakes
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Conversation between Friends at Starbucks (Short Fiction)
“I’d like to buy a home, but how can anyone take a chance in this world of uncertainty?” Mary, a single mom with a good job, spoke from her heart. “What are you afraid of, Mary?” her best friend, Sherry, … Continue reading
Posted in Bible Verses, Coffee, Short Fiction
Tagged Catastrophes, Christ, Coffee, Economy, Flood, hurricane, Jesus, Short Fiction, Single Mom, Starbucks, Terrorist, Tornado, Tsunami, Uncertainty, Worry
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