Easter weekend is a busy time.  Not only are we getting ready for Easter for ourselves, but there is so much involvement with the church.  Flowers to arrange, productions to do, all kinds of stuff.  This year, Marc has to work after chruch and wo’t get home until late, so Easter dinner will be lower key, maybe even off-key, if you know what I mean.  But the most important thing about it is the celebration of new life.  The reseurrection of Christ gave man a chance at eternity, a  new beginning, a clean slate. Ham, jelly beans, and chocolate bunnies aside, that is worth celebrating.

I hate paper cups.  I can’t drink from styrofoam. And cardboard sleeves make me cringe.  I carry my ceramic cup everywhere, just in case I need coffee, or even water.  I have a touch sensitivity that keeps me from being able to touch some textures.

I always get weird looks when the server at a restaurant watches Marc lean over and remove a paper from my straw (I used to have a glass straw, they used to use them in hospitals in the 1930s).  Anyway…I was thrilled to read that I am not the only weird one!  There has been a study done and you can read it here! Coffee does taste better from ceramic mugs!

Will coffee grounds be the new heating fuel of choice? Check this out!

In this new society of changing social etiquette how does one properly handle the coffee meeting? Great information on how to handle a coffee meeting.

Check this out.  Honor Grounds Coffee  has come out with a new line of coffee that support the troops.  You know, that is near and dear to my heart.  Well these unique coffees come in three varieties.

•  “Five Star Joe”
• “Reveille” dark roast
•  “D-Day” decaffeinated

The program is aimed at helping soldiers and veterans, and Marines too. (If you are a Marine, you understood that, if not, you just need to know that Uncle Sam’s Misguided Children do not consider themselves part of the military, exactly…)  I am going to try to contact the company to see if i can get some detailed information and do a post of what they are doing later on…

Here is a cool blog-a-thon for those of us who enjoy relaxing with a vintage cup, a scone, and  maybe some Emily Dickinson poetry in the afternoon…no time to partake today..but I may next week!

Dinner with Julie looks great as she does a roast chicken  infused with green tea.

On Tea with Friends I came across some beautiful and inspiring Easter vignettes using vintage tea things.  You need to check it out for a dose of beauty today!

Megan had a spring tea party this week. In between handling livestock, the VA and floods I somehow missed the first day of spring..but check out her blog to relive it.  Beautiful pictures! Stephanie  joined her, with tea dyed eggs.Sigh.

But even with missing the tea  party I have been introduced to a new to me blog, The Par Tea Planner  I really am enjoying the back reading I am doing there, and look forward to more posts.!

Have a wonderful Easter,  if I don’t get back here before tomorrow.

Image: Public Domain, by Karen’s Whimsy 

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