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Good morning. 🛌⏰☕
24 October 2025
Coffee is smooth this morning—just the way I like it. I splurged on some gourmet beans. Not sure they make a difference, but hey, the brew’s pretty good. I’ll hold judgment until I see if the flavor holds steady through the whole bag.
My wife’s away at a training class for her quilting machine, so Charlie and I have been hosting a sort of bachelor’s retreat—eating whatever we please. Well, I’m eating whatever I please. Charlie joins in when the mood strikes. He’s what you might call a Chow Hound.
Do you fancy to know what we’ve been doing in the wee hours of the morning? We binge-watched Line of Duty on BritBox. I binge-watched, anyway—Charlie just kept me company. It’s a fantastic series, one of those where each episode ends with a cliffhanger that demands resolution. I was hooked. Thankfully, it wrapped up with season six and let me off the hook, so I can return to other pursuits.
The house is silent. Mostly because I don’t have my hearing aids in. When I do wear them, the quiet isn’t so quiet—suddenly the house makes sounds that suggest someone’s moving around. And I wonder. I wo, wo, wo, wonder who it could be, because it’s just me and Charlie here, and I can see him lying peacefully on the floor. Yet there are squeaks, thumps, and scrapes coming from another room.
Most assuredly, no one else is here. The doors are locked. Was the house built on an old graveyard? I doubt it. But then again, I never did any historical research before we moved in.
A little detective work reveals that most of the racket comes from the ice machine in the fridge and the AC fan. The rest? I haven’t solved it yet.
“Adventure in life is good. Consistency in coffee even better.” — Justina Chen
“There is no terror in the bang, only in the anticipation of it.” — Alfred Hitchcock
“The house was quiet and the world was calm.” — Wallace Stevens
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