Every trip is unique, and with Great Grandpa Edwards along at 80, this would prove to be an epochal journey. Or epic, maybe. At any rate some random thoughts, some thoughtful, some silly, some indicative of my own unreliable narration. 1. Good coffee is good coffee, and brewing a pot of Kaladi Bros.’ Red Goat [...]

NYC Summers Part 2 (weekend edition) Mary’s 32nd Birthday (next week) Today’s News It is a peaceful, cool, sunny morning at the Dakota Mansion. Couldn’t sleep past Five, so got up to read and unplan the day. No plans for today. That’s a good feeling. Anything or nothing could happen. What has happened: made coffee [...]

Once upon a time, Bruse and Jone were not robots at all, but real people who met in Tampa, FL, On an enchanted cruise ship bound for a fateful journey to the orient, when a brisk wind . . . No, not really. They really did meet in Tampa, but they got engaged in Danville, [...]

This is an amusing cartoonalogue of one man’s love of coffee from youth forward. It’s by Christoph Nieman, and if I could draw, I’d elect to have his whimsical brush strokes as my own. Here’s an example: “Once, after a grueling all-day design conference at a university, I was invited to dinner on campus. To [...]