COFFEE
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“Right up the street under the el was an all-night hash joint, and what I needed was a couple mugs of good black java to bring me around.” (Spillane, Mickey. My Gun is Quick.) Read more
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“Coffee gives you time to think. It’s a lot more than just a drink; it’s something happening. Not as in hip, but like an event, a place to be, but not like a location, but like somewhere within yourself. It gives you time, but not actual hours or minutes, but a chance to be, like Read more
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“Were it not for coffee one could not write, which is to say one could not live.” — Honore de Balzac Read more
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“I don’t even glance at the herbal teas, I go straight for the real, vile coffee. Jitter in a cup. It cheers me up to know I’ll soon be so tense.” — Margaret Atwood Read more
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With the coming of winter, my mind is on outdoor cafes and warmer weather. Here is a picture of an outdoor cafe in Den Haag where I had a cup of coffee one beautiful spring day long ago. Read more
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I used to go regularly to a coffee shop in South Minneapolis called Java Jacks that had a sign that read: “Fight the man, don’t buy corporate coffee!” I have generally followed that admonition. I avoid Starbucks and Caribou but admittedly have not been so good about avoiding Dunkin Donuts. What can I say, I Read more
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“I have a love affair with coffee.” – Unknown I am lucky enough to live almost across the street from one of the best coffee shops in the Twin Cities, Smith Coffee & Cafe. It is located in an historic old railroad hotel and house in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. If you are ever in the Read more
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Here is a coffee cup I saw in a store in a small Minnesota town. I took a picture but didn’t purchase it. Some Mondays, I feel like I should have! Read more
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“I’d rather take coffee than compliments just now.” – Louisa May Alcott Read more
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As a writer you need the following tools: May I suggest that coffee is the most important of all! Read more
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