Author: David Schwarm
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Got a baby? Good luck keeping your house clean
They do not learn, they just get older and create different messes. Puppies create consistent messes is nothing else.
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Portals to the Now
Try a littleexperiment:Close your eyes and say to yourself, “I wonder what mynext thought is going to be.”Then become very alertand wait for the next thought.Be like a catwatching a mouse hole.What thought is going to comeout of the mouse hole?Try it now.
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Kean–Yemen
Country of Origin: YemenAppellation/Region: Haraaz and HufashiEstate/Farm: Small Holder FarmsGrower: Small Holder FarmersCertification: Rating & Roast Notes: Medium-Full Roast This was a great coffee. I mostly used it in a french press, I tasted a lot of raisin, some very sharp sugar flavors, and an aftertaste of molasses. The strong sharp sugar up front made…
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Starbucks–Sulawesi Kalosi
Country of Origin: IndonesiaAppellation/Region: Sulawesi 1,200 metersEstate/Farm: Small Holder FarmsGrower: Small Holder FarmersCertification: Processing: semi-washedVarietal: Typica + S795Rating, Flavor & Roast Notes: Bold, Fresh Mushrooms, Sweet Molasses; full smooth I picked this up with my mom. A very light roast for “bold”, but still for Starbucks a very nice coffee. I did taste the molasses,…
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0 The Fool
I feel that I get this card often–I guess that the deck I have has three version of this card, but still–it seems to come up a lot. I could definitely use more eagerness and freshness–some of this I am finding in a return to where I was before–a return to the healthy choices I…
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CASE 53: Ôbaku’s "Drinkers"
Ôbaku instructed the assembly and said, “You are all drinkers of lees. If you continue to go on your Way like this, where will the ‘Today’ be? Do you know that in this great empire of Tang there is no Zen master?” Now a monk came forward and said, “What would you say to the…
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