Sunday Morning Music and Coffee

 

 

I was recently asked by Folgers to create a post about coffee and music. And, whoo-eee. That’s an easy one. Because, you already know how entirely I adore Sunday mornings. But what you don’t know is how Steve and I rustle the kids awake every Sunday, then stand in the kitchen and have this conversation, Steve standing counterside with a coffee in his right hand, me standing at the fridge, pulling Paleo eats out for breakfast… “Okay, what do we feel like today?” (I shuffle around in for some eggs and toss a bit of bacon on the counter. “How about….umm….Gospel music? Jazz?” (Steve rolls the words around and considers them momentarily.) “Reggae? What about reggae? Reggae is always so nice for Sunday mornings…” (I close my eyes and sway to the blissful beat in my head, shaking fake dreadlocks smoothly back and forth).

 

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