Category Archives: coffee and tea
NaPoWriMo 2026, Day 9
Oh Oatmeal, oh bowl of oatmeal,
you cook up while the coffee brews
two scoops of flattened grain slide in
to just one cup boiling water Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, Do the Work, food, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, the creative process, welsh
Tagged coffee, dothework, food, NaPoWriMo, oatmeal, process, sonnet, uwd, welsh
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NaPoWriMo 2026 Day 1
Here’s April again so here comes NaPoWriMo. Not sure if I’ll be able to stay with longer form all month but let’s start with a sonnet.The NaPoWriMo site prompts to try a Tanka but this is a stretch for me … Continue reading
Posted in cats helpful cats, coffee and tea, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, sonnet, the creative process
Tagged Cat, coffee, NaPoWriMo, sonnet
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NaPoWriMo 2025 Day 2
went out in the rain • my hair already wet • my body thirsty Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, food, gardens and flowers, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, travels, weather
Tagged bread, dothework, haiku, home, NaPoWriMo, poetry, process, rain, soup, travels
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The Grinder Roosts At Last
This was yesterday’s job. My antique coffee grinder had been waiting around for me to commit and this was the only reasonable place it could go. Continue reading
Posted in 418 Petersburg, badass-ness, cats helpful cats, coffee and tea, Do the Work
Tagged blackcats, Cat, coffee, helpfulcats, newhouse, oddjobs
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NaPoWriMo 2024 Day 13
boil up the kettle • thinking of the endless cups • at grandma’s table Continue reading
Posted in coffee and tea, covid19, deadlines, Do the Work, gardens and flowers, Gnomish, haiku, NaPoWriMo, Poetry and Lyrics, taking time to look, the creative process, weather
Tagged covid19, daffodils, dothework, garden, gnomes, Gnomish, haiku, NaPoWriMo, poem, poetry, process, tea, thermos, weather
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