No secret there…
I’ve been spending a lot of time at the local coffee shop. Its far better than hanging out all cooped up in my apartment. Its a great office, place for…
In transit on the streets…
I told someone in a conversation not long ago, “I just didn’t want to pay for a place to stay for a night so I stayed on the streets.” It…
Tracing around tea…
Where does tea come from? Did you know, unlike coffee, tea comes from only one type of plant and it all depends on the preparation. Whereas coffee is altered by…
A jog about for freedom…
I’m all for exercise. Today, we jogged the Freedom Trail, the red line they’ve painted/bricked through all of Boston connecting all the major sites. From the site of the Boston…
Learnt from afar…
In preparation for a trip coming up in May – yes, still a while from now – but, while heading back from a meeting in Atlanta, I pulled into a…
Working wage…
As I mentioned yesterday, the Port City in Portsmouth, Ohio. Working on the book for a few days. No harm there. Yesterday, put in a marathon ten hours in the…
Take one down…
The office. Wherever I go into a city, I have an office. In Greece, my office was was the coffeeshop down the street from the Fivos Hotel where I stay…
How now, coffee bean…?
The labor of 6 months is done. My “coffee table book” is done. Back in the summer, you followed me through my travels of Ethiopia, Oman, Turkey and other such…
A little reading material…
And… at long last, the book has arrived. From the time I spent in Ethiopia, Oman, and Turkey back in May, my book “The Strength of Coffee” has now seen…
Morning run…
A morning run… …not a jog, not a sprint… …still a run. -Noah D.
Grainy coffee…
I love heavy, bold, dark coffees. One of the best is from Greece or Istanbul. This is not from either. But it was good coffee. TerraNova’s in Huntsville, Alabama. Not…
Warm receptions…
Oh, for my companions, this title would be a horrible pun… This morning we spent some time at a Yemeni woman’s house for coffee. Well, with the 114ºF heat and…