Safe in the Dark 07/30/2009
When I was young I shared a bedroom with my older brother. One of the rituals we had was to take turns turning off the light before we went to sleep. I’m pretty sure my brother initiated the ritual to torture me because he knew I was afraid of the dark. Hey... the light switch was right next to his bed! I mean, he could reach it while he was laying down for goodness sake. So I knew he just did it to laugh at me. On the nights it was my turn I would stand an out-stretched arm length to the light switch poised to race across the ten feet of carpet that I knew would be crawling with the monsters who immediately appear as soon as the lights go out, and launch myself into my bed and under my covers to safety, because, as everyone knows, when you are in bed and under your covers monsters can’t harm you. According to the National Coffee Association, coffee's biggest enemies are air, moisture, heat, and light. They are the bad monsters waiting to wreak havoc on those little, innocent, unsuspecting beans. Evidently, contact with air causes coffee to lose flavor; moisture will make it deteriorate more rapidly; heat will spoil it; and sunlight will cause beans to taste stale. So, beans should be stored in a cool, dark, dry place, where they will keep safely for as long as two weeks. I don’t know all the chemistry behind this, (which makes sense, since I’ve never taken chemistry), but I have experienced flavorless, yucky, stale coffee before. Not good. Which is a powerful reason to heed their advice and quickly tuck your coffee beans into their bed and turn out the lights when they are not being used to fulfill their destiny – to make that flavorful, fresh cuppa java when the morning comes. Nighty night and sweet dreams my little beans. CommentsLeave a Reply | Categories Bruce Porter
Imaginating is the art of imagining what could be and using whatever resources available to you to create something beautiful, amazing, and beneficial to others. I have this strong belief that being "created in the likeness and image of God" is really about our unique ability to create like The Creator - to simply think of something that doesn't exist and make it happen. Its a gift I believe everyone possesses. How much we use it is up to us. It is the big WOW - the AHA of life - that we can ponder what could be and do something about it. Whether it be in the arts, restoring relationships, righting an injustice, or creating pleasing environments, I believe we are destined to imagine what part we can play in imagining and creating whatever, to inspire, help, and enrich the lives of others for the common good. CategoriesArchivesNovember 2009 |
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