If we were having coffee

Coffee beans are at their peak flavor for fourteen days from the roaster.  Beyond that, they should be stored consistently below 0C/32F, ideally near the temperature where Walt Disney is kept.

~ Keven Sinnott, The Art and Craft of Coffee: An Enthusiast’s Guide To Selecting, Roasting, and Brewing Exquisite Coffee

Wonderland

A spot of color in a wintry world.

There is a place, like no place on earth.  A land full of wonder, mystery, and danger!  Some say, to survive it, you need to be as mad as a hatter.  Which, luckily, I am.

~ Lewis Carroll

Freeze, thaw, freeze

Fluidity lost

Music brings a warm glow to my vision, thawing mind and muscle from their endless wintering.

~ Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

Silent Sunday

If we were having coffee

Moderately drunk, coffee removes vapours from the brain, occasioned by fumes of wine, or other strong liquors; eases pain in the head, prevents sour belchings, and provokes appetite.

~ England’s Happiness Improved (1699)

Looking for warmth

Waiting his turn.

Only with winter-patience can we bring
the deep-desired, long-awaited spring.

~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh, “Autumn 1939,” The Unicorn and Other Poems, 1935-1955