it’s a family, recreation, and repast oriented day today for many so I figure what could it hurt to post this:  I tried coffee from a French Press just now for the first time.  Bought it for camping/canoeing last year and never used it, …’s been sitting next to the grinder all year just looking pretty.  So anyway, the following is the YouTube “how to” that I used for orientation and for the sunny side up pleasantness that the sweetie therein exudes.   Just one thing, if anybody’s listening, use about double the coffee she uses for a good dark smooth coffee experience.  Mine is a two cup press so I used 4 heaping tsp. where normally I’d use a heaping tablespoon of fresh ground for every two cups in a 12 cup drip coffeemaker.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kmm0M17_tRQ

On a list of counted blessings, the dbis is in the top 10.  I cannot say why exactly because it’s a forlorn & angst-filled sort of outpost, but it’s got moxy and it’s not snot-nosed and it’s no less dysfunctional than the above average family trying to pass as a freedom loving lot.  Happy day to those of you who find some joy in that sorta thing. 

The love of humanity is not a crutch, and although nature may eat you at any time, she loves you too, & she loves me, & she loves tsunamis and typhoons and earthquakes too. 

PeaceQuake ye gravely assortment ye