I’ve known this day would come since early last year – WordPress warned me that I’d only be able to avoid using the Gutenberg Block Editor until some time in 2021 and the day has arrived. I’m not a big fan of the blocks, but one of my sons works with WordPress a lot and tells me that most people prefer them to the old system. I shall do my best to “adjust, adapt and accept” (as my Grandma Veda always used to tell me was her motto). You probably won’t be able to tell that there’s a difference from your end. Let me know if you do.
I wanted to tell you about my relationship with Coffee. I first made his acquaintance back in college when I was taking 8:00 a.m. classes. It was sort of a marriage of convenience at that time – I needed to stay awake during those early classes and Coffee played a key part in that, which was convenient for me. Oh, and never black – always with cream and sugar. That was part of the agreement.
The only problem in this new relationship was Coffee’s tendency to give me insomnia at night. Also, he was an expensive partner to keep. He and I went our separate ways after awhile.
I spent the next 30 years without Coffee, except when eating mocha-flavored things (totally yummy) and when in his aisle in the grocery store. I would buy coffee beans for my husband and take in that heavenly smell in deep, satisfied inhalations. It always seemed to me that he was a cheat, smelling so good and tasting so bitter.
But after all these years of estrangement, we’ve come together again. My husband and I started going to a Bible Study that meets at 6:30 a.m., requiring me to get up at 5:45 a.m. Ugh. I had to swallow my pride and go back to Coffee, asking his help in keeping me not only awake, but alert. We have a new arrangement: half Coffee, half milk, and a couple teaspoons of sucanat. So far, it’s just a once-a-week deal, but who knows, maybe it’ll become something more.
I guess the Gutenberg Blocks aren’t that bad. I could get used to this. I don’t want to get too lazy, though, and start relying on the stock photos. Ta ta for now, peeps!
I’ll probably delete this in the morning while hanging out with my friend Coffee.
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Sucanat in your coffee? (I had to look it up.) Sounds kind of “hipster.” Or is it just the parent in you since part of the process of making it involves a good paddling? I should talk. I like a little raw sugar (Turbinado) and milk in the leftover coffee I put in the refrigerator and drink cold.
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Hipster! It’s definitely on the “organic” side, but in spite of its reputation, I pay the confiscatory rates for it because it’s sooooo good!! I didn’t know about the paddling. Sounds like I better look it up, too.
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“It’s made by simply crushing freshly cut sugar cane, extracting the juice and heating it in a large vat. Once the juice is reduced to a rich, dark syrup, it is hand-paddled. Hand paddling cools and dries the syrup, creating the flavorful dried granules we call Sucanat.” (https://shop.wholesomesweet.com/Organic-Sucanat/p/WHSM-305000&c=Wholesome@GranulatedSugar)
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