Honoring life transitions. That's been the theme for April. I'm starting some work with a new company that caters, teaches cooking classes, and is producing a line of gourmet baked goods. My friend Laura had a baby. Terrell got married. And my friend's mom died. That pretty much covers life, doesn't it? It's given me a lot to ponder and I've written some things that I may post later. Meanwhile, here's something that made my heart happy.

M'lissa and I were at El Myr when we ran into one of our regulars at Octane. He's not a regular that I know anything about except that he enjoys large coffees, in house lattes and the occasional sandwich. When we saw him, we waved and went to our table. On his way out, he gave us this...