(The original post can be found at our book org's Instagram)
There is something magical about the combination of a wooden table, a book, and a cup of coffee (or tea)! There are thousands of hits when you type in either hashtag! #bookandcoffee #bookandtea
The sister and I went for a walk yesterday in a very picturesque area (in)famous for the slew of visitors it attracts, so many pilgrims in search of that perfect influencer shot. One has to be careful where one walks, for fear of accidentally ruining someone's take!
While others want to capture their outfit of the day (oh sorry, #ootd), those of a shyer, more bookish nature would rather photograph inanimate objects that give so much Life.
We capture photos for the memories they evoke. Hiding from a downpour by ducking inside a nearby coffee shop, watching a professional beggar solicit money from patrons seated outside and wishing one had an extra umbrella to share.
The incredible smell that belongs to only this particular tiny mall, that I've smelled nowhere else (it's like they pipe in Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea in the central ventilation system or something?!), that you can smell even through your KN95 (still keeping it on indoors, thanks very much, because if that smell can get through, then so can COVID!).
The joy of discovering that an old favorite restaurant has survived the pandemic when so many others haven't. The disappointment because there so many unavailable things on the menu, but also the excitement of finding new dishes to savor!
The bittersweet pain of dining in a place full of many happy memories when we last dined there with our dearly departed.
It is, after all, All Saints' and All Souls'.
We gratefully raise a cup of our chosen beverage to cheer their memory, and treasure their legacy: this eternal love for the written word, for after all, all Life began when God spoke.
The sister and I went for a walk yesterday in a very picturesque area (in)famous for the slew of visitors it attracts, so many pilgrims in search of that perfect influencer shot. One has to be careful where one walks, for fear of accidentally ruining someone's take!
While others want to capture their outfit of the day (oh sorry, #ootd), those of a shyer, more bookish nature would rather photograph inanimate objects that give so much Life.
We capture photos for the memories they evoke. Hiding from a downpour by ducking inside a nearby coffee shop, watching a professional beggar solicit money from patrons seated outside and wishing one had an extra umbrella to share.
The incredible smell that belongs to only this particular tiny mall, that I've smelled nowhere else (it's like they pipe in Elizabeth Arden's Green Tea in the central ventilation system or something?!), that you can smell even through your KN95 (still keeping it on indoors, thanks very much, because if that smell can get through, then so can COVID!).
The joy of discovering that an old favorite restaurant has survived the pandemic when so many others haven't. The disappointment because there so many unavailable things on the menu, but also the excitement of finding new dishes to savor!
The bittersweet pain of dining in a place full of many happy memories when we last dined there with our dearly departed.
It is, after all, All Saints' and All Souls'.
We gratefully raise a cup of our chosen beverage to cheer their memory, and treasure their legacy: this eternal love for the written word, for after all, all Life began when God spoke.
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