This would be me, except I don’t wear a suit and tie. That’s right, those delightful Arlo & Janis cartoons you enjoy on a daily basis actually are caffeine-induced hallucinations churned out by the jacked-up fingers of yours truly. No, there is nothing like the aroma and flavor of that first morning cuppa joe. Certainly, that fourth cup is nothing like it! I never drank coffee until I was a young editorial cartoonist at the old Jackson Daily News. The management sprang for a coffee service, and a shiny commercial drip coffee maker appeared in the middle of the news room. Everyone else seemed so excited that I began to feel left out. I took a cup back to my drawing board in the corner, and that was the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
30 responses to “Coffee Me!!”
Thanks, Gal.
One of my blessings is that I do not have a single bad memory related to my father, my mother, or my sister during their lifetimes.
To Ghost and all of you missing someone today–which is all of us, I suppose–anniversaries can be hard. Thinking of them with love is still having them with us, though. But it is so hard not to be able to ask a question or share a joke or a beautiful sunset. Hugs from Arizona.
I noticed my name wasn’t there before I submitted so put in the above. I don’t think it’s quite the same. Had last name before? I forget. Same old laptop. I wonder why it disappeared??!!
Ghost, that is a blessing! I don’t have any -really- bad memories of any of my family… other than ones caused by my on perfidery. I remember once, when I was about 5 I “slipped off” into the woods behind the house without telling anyone. When I came home, I danced a little circle around my daddy, as he judiciously applied his leather belt to my backside while holding one of my arms at the bicep. ! ! ! 🙂 Other forms of reasonable discipline were applied on occasion through my early life.
There are other memories, not bad, but that are of times that were difficult. Times when health was bad, or other difficult circumstances. There were many good times, too. I don’t guess I ever participated in any school event (athletic or otherwise) that my parents weren’t there. My mama came to my basketball games the first half of my senior year in high school in a wheelchair. She watched the second half of the season from heaven. On the whole, I hope I’ve done as well by my children and I pray that I’m able to see my first granddaughter (named after my mama) grow up a little bit. Maybe I’ll be able to teach her to fish and bait her own hook, even with worms or crickets. 😀
The holidays sometimes make me a bit maudlin, but not excessively. Though I don’t expect villagers here to need it, don’t forget that when things get really down, there is someone that wants to help. Also, there’s always the hotline 800-273-talk.
I should correct to say, the memories cause by my perfidery are not “Bad” since I recognize now that I’m the proximate cause. I might not have at the time, but truthfully, it didn’t take that long to figure it out. “Character is displayed by what you do when no one is watching.”