Caftans and Coffee: Notes on Fabulous Living

Coffee-Powered Living in a Blackout

Last year’s pandemic purchases got me through some bad days last week in frozen Texas

This is my coffee setup for a power failure. I’d replace the glass components with metal if I could.

Today I want to focus on life’s blessings. Top of the list: coffee.

When things are normal and the day seems livable, a hot cup of coffee with some half-and-half or frothed milk still feels like a gracious benediction.

When things are all messed up and everything seems impossible, a hot cup of coffee is sometimes the only thing between a body and absolute despair.

Last week, things were all messed up in Texas. We are booking the leak detection service and the plumber and the landscaping sprinkler repair people to take care of some issues at our home. And we are very, very lucky to have come through this literally lethal combination of climate change disaster and governmental incompetence with as little damage as we have sustained. So many fellow Texans were not so lucky.

Last week, by a miracle, I had hot coffee, so I am here to tell the tale and to offer some product recommendations. This is NOT a paid endorsement, and none of the products mentioned in this post were given to me. I bought them all over the past couple of years, and I thank…