Worked my way up the west coast of Florida and across the Florida Panhandle.

I semi-awoke from a deep sleep this morning. More like a coma, actually. I knew the semi-coma state would not go away quickly. The cloud would hang over me for hours.

My brain begged for coffee. I started reaching for my coffee kettle in the bottom drawer of ARGO’s kitchen. But even in my lethargic state I knew this morning would require a mean caffeine infusion. This was a Starbucks morning.

An authoritative voice from the morning cloud hanging above me said, “Find a Starbucks. Get the big ‘venti' one.” A lower tone followed: “Or whatever they call the large one now. Sip coffee and write till you wake up.”

Some people say when they hear the voice of God it is not actually an audible voice. This one was audible. I swear.

Great ideas come in semi-coma states on mornings like these, especially as the coffee starts kicking in. Later those ideas may not be classified as great. But in those moments they seem so. Write them down. You never know. You never know.

When the morning cloud lifts reread the ideas your wrote to see if your ideas are a hit or a miss.

Thank God for Coffee. Coffee listens and understands us. Coffee is there for us.

Stay caffeinated my friends !

“Without my morning coffee, I’m just like a dried-up piece of goat.” – J.S. Bach (yes, that Bach .. the one who wrote the snappy tunes.)