Tag: coffee
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Look In Her Eyes
Her eyes are the deep brown of the Ethiopian coffee that runs through her veins with all the strength and sustenance that coffee is for that country. Deep wells of love and pain, sass and longing and empathy, with the unconscious knowledge of centuries of custom and tradition. She is firmly tied to those villages,…
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Argentina Speaks
Not being able to understand anything anyone is saying is both humbling and liberating. On the one hand, I can’t order my own coffee, and someone has to read the menu to me like I’m a preschooler, then help me figure out how much it will cost when the waiter asks for payment. But listening…
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He Loved Her
“This morning, with her, having coffee.” — Johnny Cash, when asked for his definition of paradise.
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Arise
How come he gets the horse and she gets the Vespa? Not sure, except that certainly she will be the one to serve her lord and master from the thermoses in her side basket.