Slight Detour: Friday Mutterings

The way I see it, if you want a rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain.

--Dolly Parton

Yup, you're right, Dolly.

We have put up with rain over the past two days, but we're not complaining, except I didn't see any rainbows.

Maybe next time.

We've definitely had a weather change from the pleasant summerlike days of last week.

Cold toilet seats, sheets draped over outdoor tomatoes overnight and back to the layers of clothes.

But things are pretty, and some nice days are in the upcoming forecast.

Today is definitely a nice day because Annie's coming home for the weekend.

She'll be coming home to one of the biggest weekends of the year downtown with Lost in the '50s.

We don't have any plans yet, but I'm sure fun times will happen.

These two came through the yard while I was mowing yesterday.

No concerns with the lady on that noisy machine.

They had places to go, other people to see, maybe even some flowers to eat.

I had my first-ever cold brew yesterday------of coffee, that is.

A new coffee shop called Brown Water Coffee Reserve opened in the building above on Church Street May 1.

I met the proprietors late last year while attending a basketball jamboree at Sandpoint High School and was very impressed.

I've been working on learning all the names for the family of five, but might not yet have them all straight because I don't see them very often.

I do know, however, that basketball and coffee and entrepreneurship and musical talent are among some common denominators.

And, I also know that they are very nice people.

If I have the story straight, the parents are working for one of their sons who also runs the coffee shop at Kaniksu Health.

Yesterday Montoya and Justin (who's in charge of this year's SHS Grad Night) told me that their son had wanted a sit-down place to serve his coffee, so the new location has provided that, complete with counter seats, over-stuffed furniture and outdoor covered seating.

The coffee business has long been in this family with at least two members having considerable Starbuck's experience.

Back to the cold brew.

I have never sipped on a purposely cold cup of coffee before.

Lukewarm, yes, from my hot coffee lots of times but never decidedly cold.

Montoya told me that cold coffee does not have nearly the acidity that hot coffee has and that it's probably easier on one's stomach.

As a colitis patient, I have learned, begrudgingly so, to curb my coffee intake to just one cup per day, and sometimes even that can cause gut problems.

The colitis gods say to avoid it all together, but who's gonna live for more than three quarters of a life as a coffee drinker and suddenly go cold turkey.

So, I allow myself some misery each day.

Having already had my quota of hot coffee for the day, I was reluctant to add to it, but Montoya's revelations about cold coffee tempted me to go ahead and give it a try.

I ordered a sample. It was late afternoon, and I drank most of it.

No stomach OR sleep problems.

I couldn't imagine wanting to drink cold coffee, but Montoya noted that she had lived in Texas where it's hot, and hot coffee isn't always a favorite.

Actually, the sample wasn't too bad, and I may have to try another.

One thing I know is that these are neat and fun folks, and besides a cup of brew, coffee drinkers also like to enjoy visiting with people.

Great combination at Brown Water Coffee Reserve.