If we were having coffee…

Yummies at Uncommon Ground Coffee Roastery, in Cardiff. Cappuccino on point, and best heart-shaped cookie I’d had in a long time!

If we were having coffee, we’d be at a locally-owned coffeehouse, likely Cherrywood Coffeehouse if it was evening, or Radio Coffee & Beer if it was during the day. I’m actually enjoying iced coffee from Radio as I write! You’d know about me that I’m a little obsessed with supporting local businesses, especially those that turn around and support local art and music. Long live the local.

If we were having coffee, I’d TOTALLY be paying attention to everything you were saying! I’d just also totally be paying too much attention to what music was playing overhead… It’s a curse. My brain is eternally in tune to music around me, even if it’s barely in the background (apologies in advance!).

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you about my upcoming road trip to Mobile! “Mobile?!” you’d say, “Alabama??… Why?” I’d snicker to myself while preparing my defense, and then attempt to describe why I want to go to Mobile. I’d end up having no legitimate answer other than, “It’s an excuse for a road trip!” and you’d shrug it off and remind me to take pictures. I’d invite you to road trip with me to Colorado to see Garrison Keillor in August, and we’d go back and forth for a minute or two before leaving the topic with no real commitment… Then, take another sip of our coffee while telepathically agreeing that last minute, spontaneous trips are the best trips, anyway.

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you about this great new community of bloggers that use an “If we were having coffee…” prompt to freely write about what’s on their minds! Like a way to reflect on the last few days, or maybe to anticipate what’s coming up next, or maybe notice something new about their personalities. I’d tell you about my lifelong struggle to write about what’s on my mind, and then tell you about how I wrote the fastest blog of my life when I wrote my first IWWHC blog. I’d pause… and wonder if using the same prompt every weekend like every other IWWHC blogger was a trend that I wanted to succumb to… and then I’d drop the thought, because you’d likely already be talking about something else while I was wondering what song was playing!