Susannah’s Fall & Winter Reading List, 2018-2019
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Category Archives: Starbucks
Best Story of the Week…December 7
There’s a new paperboy on my corner after the old one got a better job, who was at least smart enough to wait inside Starbucks for his paper delivery. This new fella, however, much shyer, stoically stands outside shivering until … Continue reading
Worst Story of the Week…September 27
I was accosted at Starbucks by a guy I know who reads my blog. Why, has always been a mystery since he seems to HATE everything I write. As I was putting in my customary 25 packets of sugar into … Continue reading
Posted in Books, grace, History, humanity, internet, media, New York City, Politics, readng, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged American presidents, athingirl.com, born again Christians, differences of opinion, Kavanaugh hearings, Leadership in Turbulent times Doris Kearns Goodwin, Megan McCain's eulogy for John McCain, President Donald Trump, Twitter
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Best Story of the Week…8/16/2018
It’s early and rainy, forgoing my run, instead, heading to Starbucks a few blocks away. Though the door is open, no one is in the front, so I patiently wait trying not to steal any cookies that are all winking … Continue reading
Tags, Tacos and a Thingirl
It’s 6 A.M. and I’m en route to the train, my neighborhood slowly waking up. Starbucks has just opened, Jose is at his cart busy arranging his donuts, and there’s a short, chubby Latino fellow standing beside a taco truck … Continue reading
Posted in animals, Fashion, food, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks, words
Tagged Early morning in New York, food vendors, Manhattan coffee carts, the art of observation
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Best Story of the Week…August 3, 2018
I’m at Starbucks seated at one that has a counter, enjoying my collection of birthday gift cards. I’m having cookies with my Tall, Dark Blend, 3 in a pack. An attractive, professional looking lady in her 40s is next me … Continue reading
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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