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Fireworks
Here’s the deal with firecrackers: they’re either light or noise. Well, sometimes some of each. But mostly you remember fireworks because of the light (beautiful) or the noise (deafening). I’d rather be remembered as the former, but suspect many would characterize me as the latter. Read more »
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Ice cold drink
When summer rolls around, people order cold drinks. Wow, is that brilliant or what.
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Jack's flowers
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Train speeding by
Oh, man, now I’m in trouble. The first of the month has come and gone and I haven’t added one iota to the general body of knowledge that is our blog. Sheesh. What the heck have I been doing for the last nine days? Oh, now I remember: I had just gotten back from driving 1500 miles to see the grandkids when this new month arrived, and nothing much has slowed down since. June is the month for… Read more »
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Pansie
Have you ever looked closely at pansies? They are amazing. They come in a variety of colors, the petals look like velvet, but the most amazing thing is they have 2 petals on the top that are often different in color than the three petals below.
In the springtime my wife gets flowers for our flower boxes, for a few random planters and a small area in our front yard. She usually purchases all the flowers, but I saw a little cart on the roadside and couldn’t resist getting 4 small pots with pansies in them for five bucks. When my wife planted her begonias I filled our planters with her left over begonias, some other beautiful flowers I can’t remember the names of, and my pansies.
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Check out information on the 2nd Great Lakes Barista Jam and Latte Art Throwdown. Registration available online.
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Check out this video of a professional crier!
Hear him shout! Click on the picture to see the video
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Today is the first day of the fifth month. Otherwise known as May Day.
May Day has had several permutations over the years: the communists of the soviet bloc used it as an excuse to parade all their weoponry; medeival England viewed it as a time of “frolicking”: when folks left their inhibitions behind in the fine spring weather.
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Hi my name is Jack and I am an American Idol fan.
There, I did it. That is my confession and I’m sticking to it. I’m not confessing my sin hoping to get over it, I am confessing my appreciation for, and sometimes just plain amusement with all things American Idol.
“AI” has hit a cord with the American, and world, public for more than one reason. First, we like to see the little guy get his shot. The underdog have his day. Why should the platinum seller get another platinum album. Isn’t there a no name, an up-and-comer out there just ready and waiting to hit it big? Kind of like the dirty old table on Antiques Roadshow that a woman bought at a garage sale for $30, but that’s really worth $500,000.
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Video from ABC’s WZZM13 news on the Midwest Barista School -
Midwest Barista School shares the success of Holland’s JP’s.
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