Now you might think I'm silly, and maybe I am.
For the better part of twenty years, I have had one favorite coffee cup. I'm not even sure where I got it, I think it was a hand me down from somewhere. It was white, and had a red/brown background with a rabbit eating a carrot. It wasn't particularly attractive, but it was big, and had a great handle and felt good in my hand. Not to mention I had just had it for so long it was a part of me.
Sadly, last fall, I dropped something on it and chipped the edge beyond repair. I didn't really let on to anybody how heartbroken I was over this cup. I'm sure Sta will know which cup I'm referring to, but it really was nothing special, except to me.
Since then, I've been on the look out for a new cup. I had one here that I liked better than all the rest, it says "Wyoming" and has running horses on it. I really like it a lot. Again, it has a great handle, is big and comfy and feels good in your hand, but it wasn't "my" cup.
Finally I found what I thought was "the" cup last fall. My friend J and I would go out to coffee every Saturday, and the place we went, the "General Mercantile" here in Helena. The man that runs this place, which is awesome by the way, had gotten these hand made, lead free glazed coffee cups. Every week, I'd go in, pick them up, fondle them, and put them back. I couldn't decide "which" one I wanted. I had several in depth conversations with the proprietor about these cups. Finally, they all sold out. And I figured, I wasn't meant to have one. Being the former student of pottery that I am, I really love the tactile part of a great cup.
Fast forward to last week. J and I went to coffee for the first time in ages. I walked in, only to be greeted by the dark cavern that we call "the cave". I looked on the shelves and there was a new shipment of cups. This time, I saw my cup. It was easy to see, it might as well have had my name on it. Now I know why I didn't get one before, it was because "my" cup hadn't yet arrived.
So, introducing my new daily companion...my beautiful new coffee cup!!
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