Happiness Is…Buying a New Coffee Maker & Getting a Refund for the Old One
About a week ago, the unthinkable happened. One mid-August morning, my Barista Aroma TM 8-cup coffeemaker broke. It became essentially unusable. My first reaction was denial. The large rubber lip of the thermal carafe had become completely unhinged. I tried to meld it back together, but this coffee maker was almost 4 years old. Indeed, if ever there was ‘planned obsolescence’ this was it---because it was definitely NOT abuse. Over the years, I have loved that coffeemaker. On some cold winter mornings, I would practically coo at it as it competently brewed my coffee. I loved many of its features. It’s black and silver sleekness, the gold mesh flat filter, the fact that I could yank the carafe away from the case before it finished brewing in order to pour myself half a cup. I loved the shushing sound it made as it brewed, the strategically placed water canister, and the digital read-out. Ours was a warm respectable relationship informed by my primal addiction to coffee.
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The Health and Fitness magazine I get is called; Experience Life. They have a website and a yuoutube channel.
Check it out Nicky. It may be just the type of mag that would fit your writing.
Finally an e-mail from Munich and it is raining in the desert (seriously).
:-| <----- my serious face.
Desert Rain
Rain softly drapes
the trees
flowers
streets
and
the city sleeps...
Then morning embraces the desert
in shivery hugs, misty kisses and dewy smiles
and a passionate shower of raindrops
the city awakes.
-Sangeetha Pandaram
:-} <------ my happy face.
{ <------ a mustache.
Is that little Krakatoa?
Naturally, here at the Institute we are expecting a call from the British government any minute now. So, the sub-committee for Names, Stacking and Apportioning has sprung into action to determine the moniker for the new monarch.
After, several pots of Whole Foods Pacific Rim Organic,several selections pushed themselves to the top of the list,
King;
George
Bling
Simon
Kong
Nigel
Krakatoa
were all among the nominees. However, and I think you'll agree, the winning name has the style, the substance, the probity, necessary for a future ruler. The Galactic, Trans-global Institute is proud to annoounce that, in our collective opinion, the name of the royal progeny and the future King should be;
Binky
Hi Pi,
Indeed that is Krakatoa/Gilya/Jane/Elisa...
I love desert rain. Happy summer to you. :)
Nice poetry, Pi.