Well, have you heard that Starbucks is closing 600 stores? It seems people don’t want to pretend that it is o..k. to pay huge prices for mediocre coffee anymore. The 600 stores closed translates into 12,000 employees losing their jobs and that is sad. The thing is?

 
That is Sean.  He is 9.  He is one of my 8 favorite kids.  And that is a classic Sean pose.  He is a man of few words but a lot of determination.
You know, I realized tht while I CAN call it blog surfing on Baking Delights I can’t really call it that here because so much of the time it is news and items of interest from the web. So, in the interest of truth in advertising we are just going to call it surfing.

 
SO, Chris got home yesterday afternoon and we are having a great time catching up.  He has been attended to with great devotion by Kyrie (youngest daughter)and  Amanda(granddaughter), who seem to be vying for his attention. At the end of the month he will be headed overseas for three years.
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Among the many things I collect is a particular type of vintage glass called Moonstone. It was put out by Anchor Hocking from 1941-1946. This is a dainty, and I mean DAINTY cream and open sugar set that was my mom’s. Just thought I would share this picture with you.

.I know that you guys probably don’t realize it, so enamored of my wit and coffee/tea meanderings are you, but there really are other blogs out there about coffee and/or tea. Some of them are pretty good.