Last Sunday we celebrated my birthday. It is also the day I retired ten years ago. It was during that first year of retirement that I started Coffee, exactly when I’m not sure but it was close to when I retired.

Coffee has gone through a variety of transitions: colors, formats, music genres, photos and so much more. It was unceremoniously dumped from Blogger, but, like the Phoenix, rose from the ashes and moved to WordPress. Some of you have been with me the whole time and some of you drop by every day. That makes all of you family.

I mentioned I would like guest commentators. I didn’t mention why. Now you know it is a celebration, a chance for the family to weigh in on just about anything except politics. Think about it. If I can find fodder for ten years worth of writing, you can give one day a try.

This card has so many pieces of my life it is like a giant memory drawer! Thanks, Birgit.

A bit of a break from tradition but I wanted you to see the card from im6.

Every Wednesday is GnuFool day on Coffee. He jumps in to fill the gap of no posting from me. Every week he posts great videos of songs, many old ones I remember well. Do check them out and enjoy! You’ll find them in the comments of the last posted picture.

Thanks, Gnu!!

I have been sitting here for 45 minutes listening to what I like to call Noel Paul Stookey song snippets in an attempt to find music for today. Nothing I heard appealed to me. I am stuck and here’s where you come in. Any of you have a favorite song or one you haven’t heard in forever? I’m willing to post Coffee Family Favorites today and save what I don’t post for other days.

Help me out here!

Okay, these black music slides just appeared. I did nothing different. I figure WordPress is having some issues. The slides play, but they look ugly to me.

I know, I know. Why am I posting on a Wednesday? Well, I couldn’t let the first day of summer pass: too many great songs, and I wanted to wish you all a happy summer!

(This week I’m taking Friday off instead!)