Susannah’s 2018 Spring and Summer Reading List
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Category Archives: Starbucks
When Humility Pays a Call
I’m in Starbucks when the guy with no legs rolls in, in his dilapidated wheelchair. He’s been off the street for a while, thank God, but now is back. I think someone comes, every now and then, to clean him … Continue reading
Posted in grace, humanity, nature, New York City, Starbucks, Women and men
Tagged opening your heart, random acts of kindness, the disabled, the homeless
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Best Line of the Week
As I’m attempting to exit Starbucks via their backdoor, a cup of coffee in each hand, using my rear to push it open, I can’t. The hinges have been recently changed, so as I’m pushing, the door just won’t budge. … Continue reading
Posted in humor, New York City, Starbucks, women
Tagged big butts, coffee, keeping one's sense of humor, skinny butts
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Quotidian…An Unremarkable Word
I’m often asked, why I get up so early everyday, when I don’t have to? It’s my quotidian routine…the daily, typical details of my life, we all have. Mine just begins at 4. It’s what we’re used to, those buoys … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Beauty, grace, nature, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged birds, Central Park, daily life, Le Pain Quotidian, The English language
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Beulah Comes Alive
This was not meant as a racist remark, but Beulah, when I was growing up, was the most famous African American maid on the planet often referred to as the black Hazel, though in those politically incorrect days the term … Continue reading
Posted in humor, media, New York City, Starbucks, women
Tagged germs, housework, Old TV reruns, Starbucks
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Best Story of the Week
It’s the day of our huge snow storm. I have just made an attempt to do an errand, I can’t do, since the wind practically lifts me off my feet. Trudging home, holding on to things including a much obliging … Continue reading
Posted in Family, grace, humanity, humor, kids, Love, nature, New York City, parents, Starbucks
Tagged inclement weather, random acts of kindness, Snow cyclone bomb, Thank God For Little Girls
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A Dull Utterance
A friend or foe, depending how you take it, said my daily utterances, as they put it, have become a tad dull. Excuse me, while I slip my head in the oven. They miss my monthly Carlyle pieces, and I … Continue reading
Friendship a Bloomin’
The Latino woman preceding me most days in the Starbuck’s line, along with the African American cook who works for a rich family on Fifth, have become fast friends. I’ve been watching it unfold, this funny friendship you’d never expect … Continue reading
Posted in food, friendship, grace, humanity, humor, Love, New York City, Starbucks, women
Tagged friendship, generosity, hard working women, kindness toward others, Little People, Starbucks Coffee
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A Not Nice New York
I live on the Upper East Side in the middle of a pretty block. If you go west, all is clean and peaceful, doormen sweeping, hosing down the pavement. Seasonal flowers planted on each esplanade. However, if you go east, … Continue reading
Posted in grace, Home, humanity, humor, money, New York City, Starbucks
Tagged New York City, panhandlers, street noise, The Upper East Side of New York
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Lucky Dog
Lucky is a 15 year-old toy poodle who’s on his way to the dentist to have a tooth pulled. He belongs to Mr. Brooks Brothers, the man I see in Starbucks most mornings. I first saw them one Sunday more … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Family, grace, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks
Tagged 12 Step slogans, Brooks Brothers, older dogs, Taking your pet to the vet, toy poodles
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