Category Coffee Conversations

Thoughts while visiting coffee shops.

An Unscheduled Beginning

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The Blend Coffee and Wine, 9510 Buffalo Rd, Palmetto, FL 34221 I’m sitting in one of my favorite chain coffee shops, The Blend. This location is new to me but I’ve visited several in Pinellas County, although always through their…

Pondering Slower Goals

Foxtail Coffee – Riverview South, 12350 US-301 Unit 8, Riverview, FL 33578 Hot damn…two Coffee Conversations within a few weeks of each other! I’m really hoping to make this a regular thing in 2025. Maybe not every week but maybe…

So Very Busy

so very busy

Cali Cafe – Riverview, Florida This is the first coffee conversation I’ve written since February of 2022. Wow! I was probably the last time I actually sat and relaxed and wrote in a coffee shop as well.  Busy I think…

100 Books in 2022

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If you know me, especially if you followed my 5 Before 50 posts, you know I’m a reader. I read a LOT! I’m in that season of life where kids aren’t interrupting me and my husband finally gets that I…

Five Before Fifty – The End

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I’m Glad I Did It But I’m Glad It’s Over Today I’ve lived half a century on this Earth. After a terrible night’s sleep (thank you, Tropical Storm Nicole) I got up and fixed some coffee and started reflecting on…

5B450: The Books

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I have just over a month left on my 5 Before 50 Challenge and the most surprising challenge has been the books. I set a goal to read 5 significant books before my birthday. One of those I quickly decided…

5 Before 50

Belleair Coffee Company & Roastery, Belleair Bluffs I had an early appointment for a lab draw this cold Valentine morning. On the way there I was listening to a podcast, Live Free Creative by Miranda Anderson. She just turned 39…