Coffee Nerds

The recipe: 2 Heaping tablespoons of canned pumpkin puree 4 Cups water 2 Scoops of Coffee Revise to preference. We basically put two big dollops of pumpkin in with the usual coffee grounds.

Today the 17th, is Evaluate Your Life day. Although it seems daunting it can be very useful. Seems a little scary but if you really put your mind to it and evaluate where you’ve been it makes it easier to make adjustments for your life now. You don’t have to evaluate your whole life either if that seems a bit too much. Perhaps the last year to make things easier. Either way you get a good idea of where you’ve been and where you want to go and to better correct your path to that goal. The recipe: 3-4 Scoops of organic canned Pumpkin Pie Mix (we recommend Farmer's Market brand, it's spiced to perfection.) 2 heaping scoops of coffee for every two cups of water (Kicking Horse "Hola" and bottled spring water work great) 1/3 cup of organic milk 

Harvey Ball, the creator of the smiley face, was a commercial artist from Worcester, Massachusetts. He created the smiley in 1963. That image went on to become the most recognizable symbol of good will and good cheer on the planet. As the years passed Harvey Ball became concerned about the over-commercialization of his symbol, and how its original meaning and intent had become lost in the constant repetition of the marketplace. Out of that concern came his idea for World Smile Day. He thought that we, all of us, should devote one day each year to smiles and kind acts throughout the world. He declared that the first Friday in October each year would henceforth be World Smile Day. October 5th is World Smile Day this year. You can go to Ball's hometown and celebrate with their big festival, which has hot air balloons, sidewalk chalk art, and the world's largest human smiley. Or you could just smile. That's good too.