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Strangers No More: A Recent Coffee Encounter

May 18, 2019 May 18, 2019

I haven’t written specifically about coffee for some time. Recently though, I had an amazing coffee experience; where a cup of coffee rendered two people strangers no more. I was whiling away a couple hours at a coffeehouse while my daughter was in a class. It was one of the, thus far, only nice Sundays …

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The Afghanistan Ritual

April 28, 2018 June 13, 2018

In the military, coffee is one of those commodities that can raise spirits immediately. At times it can be the only tangible manifestation of comfort in otherwise cold and dreary circumstances. Rations can often be eaten cold and the chill that sets never quite leaves the bones and joints. With long periods of standing and …

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