Thursday morning coffee and the sun is out, the humidity is ridiculous, and there is a faint odor of rotting vegetation in the air. Green lizards scamper across the porch at my feet. Bluebirds flutter…

I tried to see if the Wayback Machine had the very first Coffee Muses post… It seems the earliest they captured was from Jul 13 2007. Here is what was occupying my mind way back…

I find myself spending a bit more time on the back porch today. For some reason the temperature is still below 70. It has made for a while pleasant morning of breezes and bird songs……

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Again… A funny thing happened on the (almost) eighth anniversary of this site/blog… I managed to accidently delete my database. So basically everything I had posted here… kind of like, went away. English: Description: Concentrated animal feeding operation. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)   Mark Bittman makes the point in his column at the New York Times today, that the biggest killer of Americans…

The recent discovery of several instances of “the whole six yards” in newspapers from the 1910s — four decades before the earliest known references to “the whole nine yards” — opens a new window onto…

Now that we have baked our cookies and trimmed our trees,now that we have wrapped our gifts and planned our dinners,now that we have hung stockings, sent greetings and set tables,assembled toys, trimmed wicks, written…

… That Person From High School Who Was Always In A Band? While he really didn’t go to my high school, it was at a high school dance that I met him when his band…

The other day I linked to a post by Mary Jaksch at her blog write to done where she was having a conversation with Seth Godin. Today she continues that conversation. The following interaction really resonated with me. It…

I started reading Gene Logsdon by in my younger “hippie” days. I would bet I still have a few of his books on the bookshelf somewhere in the house. I still follow his blog. He…

I stumbled across this today at the Washington Post. I almost didn’t follow the link. But, I did and all I can say is… Wow… This is awesome. You must have seen thousands of photographs…

Icon of a television. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I read the following article (alright, I didn’t really read it…more like I skimmed it quickly), I thought it a bit amusing that none of…

You tell me… November 2012 was the globe’s 5th warmest November on record, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) on Monday. NASA rated November 2012 the 2nd warmest November on…

Today at her blog write to done, Mary Jaksch has a conversation with Seth Godin… As you may know, I follow Seth and have for years. I think I discovered him through the early years…

Souls ain’t born, souls don’t die Soul ain’t made of earth, ain’t made of water, ain’t made of sky So, ride the flaming circle, wind the golden reel And roll on brother, in the wheel…

Reading my email today, I received a notice from YouTube about this video posted by UNC-TV. Since it covers two of my passions, North Carolina and coffee, I thought I would post it here. I know from…

  I just got this in an email from James Taylor… I though I would pass it on. http://www.youtube.com/embed/hx7z_vKMdCo  

https://youtu.be/GZfj2Ir3GgQ Thank-you NPR. Kacey Musgraves – Merry Go ‘Round is one great song. I heard this on the All Songs Considered Podcast I downloaded this morning…Damn, this girl can write…And sing. I will be following…

Christmas Snow (Photo credit: gw_boyd) I was reading through my emails and Google Reader feeds today when I came across Jim Casada’s December Newsletter. As I was reading his list of…

Every news story about the coming “fiscal cliff” talks about what the “real” problem is. The consensus being, that American companies aren’t making decisions on employment or investment because they don’t know what is going to happen… They…

Oneness is not agreement. Like minds like to sleep at different room temperatures and take different approaches to entering meditation. What are the things we all need to agree to? What are the things we…

It’s starting to feel like my time of the year. The trees are still mostly dressed in their summer finest, though with the wind gusts today, they won’t be for long. So far this fall,…

The advocacy infrastructure being developed by both sides in the post-Citizens United world will, over time, favor the most plausible side, which conservatives know is theirs. via George Will: Republicans must start over again –…

I went to a seed collecting day at the Nash Prairie Preserve in Brazoria County last Friday. While I will be writing a post about the trip shortly, I have spent today updating my Nash…

  If you haven’t voted early… If you haven’t voted absentee… You really need to take yourself to your polling place tomorrow and Vote. While I would prefer you to cast your vote for the President, even…

  It shouldn’t surprise anyone that knows me… But. I took myself down to the polls on Saturday and cast my ballot for America. And contrary to the signs I have been seeing scattered around the county, I cast…

I’ve been reading Jason Kottke’s blog for as long as I can remember. Sometimes his posts resonate, sometimes I just skim on by. His post about John Lennon’s Poster resonated. Peter Dean is a big Beatles…

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Every day I look around in disbelief, remembering how surprised I was when spring began. I’m still busy being surprised by spring. I’ll be ready for fall by February, always behind the season and pretty…

Hummingbird Update It seems the cold front that blew through this past weekend was the signal most of the hummingbirds in the backyard were waiting for to head on south. Since Sunday I have only…

Wednesday’s presidential debate promises sharp contrasts. One candidate wants to repeal Obamacare, one candidate invented it. One opposed the auto industry bailout, one takes credit for it. One doubts the scientific consensus about climate change,…

I was playing a bit this morning…And learning Adobe Premier Elements at the same time…

On Tuesday morning as I was running through my emails and feeds I lost connectivity with the internets…Not the way I wanted to start a day. After going to the equipment cabinet in the bedroom…

The hummingbirds continue to entertain us each day. We have never had the numbers we are seeing this year. Here are a few shots I took last week at one of the back feeder’s      …

This morning is a new experience for me. I brought the old laptop out on the back porch to start uninstalling old software…While working on that I was able to read email, listen to public…

A few weeks back my five-year old laptop began to show signs that it wouldn’t be with us much longer. The images on the screen would develop a flicker… Then the lower third of the…

I just saw the Space Shuttle Endeavour pass over my house on it’s way toward Houston. I didn’t even know it was going to be passing through the area. Wish I would have had my camera…

Just in case you didn’t know…I lean progressive on the political scales. I try not to let my political rants take over this blog these days. I did that in the George W. Bush years…

When I pulled up my blog this afternoon I opened the stats tab just to see what’s up. I don’t do it all that often, but, when I do it always strikes me as funny…

The past week at the bird feeders (nectar feeders for hummingbirds) have been a load of fun. It seems the number of Ruby Throats has gone up exponentially. The battles being fought to control the feeding rights are unending. We have…

Watching President Clinton’s speech last night, I was as impressed as I always am when President Clinton starts to explain the Democratic point of view. Every time someone would say about President Bush that he…

Yesterday when I woke up and opened the windows I noticed a change…There was no dew on the windows. It’s been months since the windows were clear first thing in the morning. When I walked…