Friday, March 22, 2024

Coffee in Barcelona...



I remember the smell of my grandmother's coffee. 
She would make it in a little  stove top percolator first thing in the morning.

Water, coffee and heat...coffee was coffee. Simple and pure.

When I was seven grandpa gave me a little cup and saucer of my very own and I would get coffee with the grownups when we had company.

My coffee; one part coffee, four parts milk and three tablespoons  of sugar.


A cup of coffee has the fragrance and feel of  home no matter where you happen to be...











Thursday, March 21, 2024

Sarah the superhero...

 



There was the depression and then the drinking...

. That whole socially acceptable thing that spread as fast as the Covid had.

That had landed her in the psych unit of the hospital for 2 weeks.

that's where she met Sararh.  


Sarah seemed to feel as though she had to be invited into the conversation.

or activity.

Sarah was round and soft, young and quite...

she was old and thin, frail and short. -


They had nothing whatsoever in common until then.

Sarah was so timid and introverted.

But her heart was as big as the great outdoors of the planes of Texas she loved, and it seeped through. 

and showed itself. in everything she said and did.

They kept in touch over the months then years.

But they were always texts and emails.

Happy birthday, Happy holidays...how are things...

.

One day recently she was at a very low point in her life. 

Medically, legally, monetarily, 

She was sitting at the kitchen table crying...

The phone rang, it wasn't a number she recognized but something posseted her to answer anyway. 

It was Sarah!

Not a text not an e mail but Sarah!

It was as if she had known.

She had sensed that the woman needed her.

There she was out of the clear blue Texas. Sky and she cried even harder.

She called Sarah 2 days later.

Sarah the magnificent!

Sarah the quietly shy who had swooped in and rescued her from the depths of despair.

Sarsh the sensational

her very own superhero

Somehow Sarah had known.


Zap

Bam

Swoosh

Zoom

...


If you are ever fortunate enough to meet a Sarah and have one in your life

hold om to them with everything you have.

They are few and far between.