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Best Story of the Week…July 19
Thursday…8 A.M It’s pouring. The kind of rain that drenches and drowns despite umbrellas, Wellies and yellow rain slickers. I’m tooling out of Starbucks with my birthday latte, yes, they treat you to the item of your choice if you … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Family, grace, humanity, humor, inspiration, media, money, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words
Tagged a rainy day, Good Manners, inappropriate cell phone use, Muhammad Ali, Starbucks Coffee
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Observations
Dogs in raincoats. They seem genuinely embarrassed in their yellow slickers with the collar turned up. They look at you as if to say…yeah I know, but she feeds me, she hugs me. What are you gonna do. You gotta … Continue reading
Weirdest Story of the Week…January 3
I’m in Starbucks courtesy of a Christmas present, happily sipping a large latte without a care in the world. It’s early on New Years’s Day so I’m pretty much alone until… a man sits on my right, a woman, my … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, humanity, humor, New York City, Starbucks
Tagged inappropriate cell phone use, Manners going south, Online dating, yentas
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Pollyanna Flips
I love to give…from the heart, when it opens in truth towards another. But alas, it’s that time of year when those have tos, rear their cocky, cheeky, entitled heads. We get a letter every December first, stating, how many … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, dessert, Faith, grace, Gratitude, Home, inspiration, New York City, Starbucks, words, writing
Tagged Christmas 2018, Giving from the heart, St. Teresa of Calcutta
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Best Story of the Week…Nanny and the Thin Girl
I truly don’t look for trouble, but sometimes trouble finds me, like a homing pigeon coming in for a landing. It’s cold. People are bundled like Eskimos, so I ask you, why a 3 year-old is shivering in her stroller … Continue reading
Posted in creative writing, Culture, Family, Health, humanity, humor, inspiration, kids, Love, men, New York City, parents, Starbucks, words
Tagged bad nannies, child neglect, New York winter weather, New York's Finest the Police, rich families
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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
