#native coffee

There are several native coffee beans in Baguio, and while we haven’t asked the type of beans used on our brewed coffee, we couldn’t help but feel its addiction. I only settled for two cups while my other friends downed three, and so far, none of us suffered palpitations or caffeine rush.

Books and Coffee 38

There was quite a bit of fog when we first got up today, but it went away rather quickly, and the sun was briefly visible along with a few areas of blue sky. Then the clouds took over for the rest of the day, but there was no precipitation. This morning’s low was 32 degrees, and the high actually got up to 47.

My blood sugar dropped down to a reasonable 160, according to the day’s usual 7:30 a.m. testing.

After our coffee and online brain games, Nancy and I made a breakfast of cheesy eggs, bacon and toast with jam.

Then we dressed and went out to look for a bed frame. We went first to a couple of places in Springfield, then went all the way around on the Beltline and started at the western end of 11th Street in Eugene.

We went by the Native Coffee out there and got a nice hot mocha, then we checked out Lowes and another furniture store. We could not find anything that we wanted or that was within our price range. So, we decided to just keep the one we have for the time being and make sure it gets assembled carefully after moving it to the new place.

On the way home, we went by Trader Joe’s and Albertsons for some groceries. Then we came home to nap.

We had intended to go out to Marcola to spend a little time with Kalen, but she had some errands to run and was not back by the middle of the afternoon, so we let her know we would try again Sunday.

Then Nancy had a glass of wine, and I joined for lap time, which was accompanied by a nice selection of music from one of her Spotify playlists.

After that, we watched the Thursday night Colbert, with actor Melissa McCarthy and author Michael Pollan. Colbert also promoted his Tuesday night show, which will be broadcast live following the State of the Union address. Our guess is that more people will watch Colbert’s show than the political mumbo jumbo that kicks off the evening.

Next, we made dinner with leftover rice, pinto beans, and beef birria, accompanied by shredded cheese and corn chips with salsa.

Then we went back and streamed a few more shows. The first was the second episode of “How to Get to Heaven from Belfast.” After that came the fifth episode of the “The Lincoln Lawyer.” We finished with the latest episode of “My Life is Murder,” in which Alexa solved the “accidental” death of a young college student.

Very little rain is expected for Saturday, except for a little bit overnight. The rest of the day is simply going to be cloudy. The low tonight could be near 39 degrees, and tomorrow’s high might reach 56.

We have two events to attend tomorrow. The first, starting around noon, is the celebration of 40 years of recovery by Art’s wife, Nora. In the evening, we have been invited by a church friend to attend an annual fundraiser for the Center for Community Counseling, which shares space with St. Thomas. Between the two events, we might visit 8th Street to see what progress was made today, and, perhaps, even drop off a few more items to store before the big move.

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On this day in 1998, American figure skater Tara Lipinski, at the age of 15, became the youngest Olympic figure skating gold-medalist at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.

February 20, 1902, was the birth date of Ansel Adams, an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West.