Beauty In Trees

I I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.  e. e. cummings 

I vow that…

I will do things that make my heart sing. Always. When I ignore that I need art, open spaces, Mexican food, stillness, community, laughter, and to serve… I slowly die. So, I write to myself… Dear woman, Life is too short not to move to that place, or make that change, or learn that scary …

Brew Guide: Chemex

It’s a thing of beauty. So beautiful in fact, that over 70 years ago it was added to the collection by the Museum of Modern Art. It can also be found in the Smithsonian and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. A science experiment and a piece of art all at once, the Chemex is a type of pour over drip …

littlest little

littlest little dear baby, you have my heart so stop. stop all this growing. please. don’t become a real boy. swirling whirling life. i can’t hang on the clock keeps… marching. and here we live chasing a dream we chase the dream for you. for two boys in africa our souls would burst if we …

Unfriendly matter

DISCLAIMER: I am not implying that the following happened because I ate this scary piece of meat. This scary piece of meat was delicious, and I know for a fact that it did not cause the following to happen. I ate this scary piece of meat in Kenya. I’m not in Kenya anymore. That was …

Long Miles Coffee Project: The TV show

Long Miles Coffee Project from Cooked in Africa on Vimeo. Yeah, I know. I feel like we have some explaining to do. For the last six months, on and off, a film crew has been following us around documenting our journey into Burundi. The show is mostly about our lives, which scares me silly, and …