If We Were Having Coffee on the 9th of September, 2017

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a nice large mug of a very strong French Sumatra Roast!  If you’d rather, I have a variety of tea, though I prefer just back tea, like English Breakfast or something.  It is cool with a bit of an autumn nip to the air, but it will warm up nicely.  Later this week we will have some warmer weather.  The fall nip though – the trees are already changing!  And the Blackeyed Susans are mostly gone!  The sometimes last until November!  And where are we?  Some of you may recognize the picture of that sexy Moog synthesizer as being taken in New Hampshire.

I know I said about million times that I was on Cape Cod for my end of summer vacation last week.  So this week was a week of return.  I returned to New Hampshire and did stuff around the house.  I returned to work and caught up with all of the work.  I returned to some of the works I had in progress. I returned to my exercise routine (still getting back into it…)

But with all of these returns, I can’t actually think of a lot that I did.

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If We Were Having Coffee on the 2nd of September, 2017

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a large mug of a strong French Roast, a cuppa tea or some other beverage.  Actually, I’m a lot later than usual, and it is lunch time.  So there are a wide variety of beverages available.  It’s a beautiful day outside, if a little cool.  September brought mid-fall with it!  But still, the sun is shining and it is gorgeous.  Maybe we can sit in the back yard as we chat.  Oh yes, in case you were wondering and didn’t know my little key for photos, that stack of Beatles mugs up at the top means that I am still on Cape Cod.

This week is my typical end of summer vacation.  Even before I bought the cottage down here, the last week of August (sometimes the first week of September) is always a week that I spend down here.  And for almost a decade my parents have joined me down here.  It’s a nice little end of summer get away, even if it is to a place i go all of the time.

Besides visiting with my parents, and things like that, I did some of the typical Cape Cod stuff.  I spent some time on the kayak, walked on the beach, took long walks in the woods, played with the puppies, etc.  I also relaxed, did a little bit of writing, talked to some people and stuff like that.  So it’s been a nice week.

If We Were Having Coffee on the 26th of August, 2017!

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you large mug of a strong Sumatra Roast, a cuppa tea or some other beverage.  It is a gorgeous day!  I’ve already been out quite a bit, including a long walk on the beach taking pictures of seals.  It’s sunny, warm but not hot, and just perfect!  And where am I?  Some of you may recognize the picture at the top as being on Cape Cod.  The Edward Gorey mug should give it away….

This has been a busy week.  Work was very busy with several projects going on.  One day I had over seven hours of meetings scheduled..

This week was also the official launch of my book, The Fireborn.  Here is a link to the release party.

Thinking of links, after doing a coffee share for someplace around three years, I have decided to make a change.  When I first started, a lot of bloggers I followed did recap posts, so i thought the coffee share was the perfect place.  Nobody seems to be doing that any more, but I still did out of habit.  Funny thing is, I think I can count the number of times someone went back to look at an old post from a coffee share on using the fingers on one hand.  It’s just a waste of my time and your eyeballs.  I’m sure you want to know more about what I’m doing, not what I’m blogging.

If We Were Having Coffee on the 19th of August

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a nice large mug of Dark Roast (not sure what’s all mixed in it ;) ), a cuppa tea or other beverage.  It’s an odd day out there, but after pouring rain all day yesterday, I am going to have to get out in it.  I hate spending the day inside!  And the last few days have been…, well, that’s what the coffee post is about isn’t it?  And where am I today?  Some of you may recognize that photo at the top as being from New Hampshire.

The big thing about this last week was that I spent Thursday through Tuesday in Colorado.  I did a lot of hiking and other stuff like that.  It was a good time.  I’ve just started going through photos and will have a couple of photo posts later, but here is one I liked:

If We Were Having Coffee on the 12th of August

Hello!  I can’t come to the blog right now.  Please leave a message at the…

Oh, hi!  I’m sorry, I’m not home.  I’m traveling.  Yep, I am far from home and have a full agenda so I don’t really have time to talk.  We can sip some coffee and such, but…

Where am I?  Well, I have no idea since I am writing this on Wednesday, but i do know it is someplace in Colorado.

Don’t worry, there will by photos to come!!

If We Were Having Coffee on the 5th of August 2017

Hello and Welocome!  Come in our of the rain and I’ll grab you a large mug of Cafe Domingo, a cuppa tea or other beverage.  It has been hot and steamy here the last few days, but not quite a heat wave.  yesterday was a little cooler, “only” around 85 F/30 C (it had been hovering just under 90), but it was much more humid.  Some intense “pop up”, heat/humidity induced thunderstorms rolled through in the afternoon, cooling it down for about an hour, but then it grew uncomfortable again.  After today’s rain it should be nice.  And where are we?  Some of you in the know can tell by the photo at the top that we are in New Hampshire this fine Saturday morning.

I can hear some of you mutter, “Cafe Domingo, what?”  I’ve been experimenting with coffee lately.  I’ve tried a few supposedly “craft/local style” Caribbean and Latin American style coffees.  Not bad, but I think I’ll stick with my dark roasts.  In fact, I’ve grown very found of Sumatra Roast.  It is very rich, yet silky smooth.  I’ve been enjoying it even more than my typical French Roast, though a blend of the two is great as well.

If We Were Having Coffee on the 29th of July

Hello!  Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a large mug of Sumatra Roast, a cuppa tea or some other warm beverage.  Or Cold beverage, I guess.  I mean, it is summer!  Today, though is an odd day.  It is a little on the cool side – still shorts and short sleeve shirt.  It’s very humid and cloudy.  Not the greatest for being outside, though that never stopped me ;)  And where are we?  From the photo at the top, some of you may know that we are on Cape Cod this morning.

I just got back from taking a long walk on the beach.  Isn’t that how you like to start your morning?  I’ll watch the weather and may get out on the kayak.  Some friends will be in town, so I’ll spend part of the afternoon socializing, which is an odd activity for an introvert ;)  So I don’t know exactly what I am doing today, but I know I’ll stay busy.

If We Were Having Coffee on the 22nd of July

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a nice large mug of French Roast, a cuppa tea or other beverage.  Let me know if you want something cool.  I’m a weird person nad like warm drink when it’s warm, but I know not everyone does.  Currently it isn’t too warm, but it is very humid so sticky.  It will get hot later today, perhaps in the 90s F (32+ C).  It’s been hot all week, which is good after the cold end to last week.  And were are we?  Some of you may recognize the coffee cup at the top of the page as being up in New Hampshire.

It’s been a very busy week.  I felt I haven’t stopped, yet I can’t really say a lot about what I did.  I did play some music (I mean with my fingers, not recordings).  In fact, i hadn’t been doing much music for a while, but doing the video for my up coming book, The Fireborn, has put me back in the mood again.  I seem to go through cycles of different arts and I guess music is coming up once again.

If We Were Having Coffee on the 15th of July, 2017

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a large mug of very strong French Roast, a cuppa tea or other beverage.  It’s a little on the cool side for July, though it is very humid.  I think we have a return to the steaming hot weather next week, but we might as well enjoy this respite while we can.  And where are we?  Some of you may know that the pyramid of Beatles mugs lives on Cape Cod.

It has been an odd week.  I really didn’t get a lot done.  I’ve been down here since Wednesday night, but haven’t been out much.  It rained after work on Thursday and Friday was an odd day, though I did take a long walk in the woods after work.  I just returned from a long walk on the beach.  I saw a bunch of seals!    Not much else this week.  some reading, writing, work around the house and such.  My work at work was, well, work.

My pace of blogging has slowed down a lot since the spring and early summer.  I’m still blogging too much, but…  A big part of it is that I’m not posting a serialized novel.  Well, maybe.  If I’m not careful the story I’ve been writing for Sue Vincent’s #writephoto may become novel length.  I posted the 4th installment on Thursday.

If We Were Having Coffee on the 8th of July!

Hello and Welcome!  Come on in and I’ll get you a nice large mug of a very strong French Roast.  Or is it Sumatra?  I think, actually, it’s a mix of the two, but it is still good!  or a cuppa tea or something else.  It has been an almost perfect week weatherwise.  OK, yesterday was rainy, and the week started off hot and humid, but most of it was what summer days are supposed to be like.  Cool at night (58 F/14 C) and pleasantly warm during the day (85 F/29 C).  The house stays perfect in the 60s, getting up into the 70s some days (last weekend it was almost 90 F (30 C) in the house.  With the 100% humidity….  Anyway, it is great now!  And where is this nice, summer weather occurring?  Some of you may know that the picture at the top was taken in New Hampshire.

It was a weird week.  I returned to work on Monday, only to have Tuesday off.  I spent a lot of time catching up and the rest of the time trying to get my mind back into work mode.  Ouch.  That is difficult.  But I did get quite a bit done.