Caffe Mpath Biografia

Updated:  January 2009

Happy New Year!

Welcome to the Caffe! I hope you have a prosperous New Year. I realise things are tough out there for everyone, and I hope the best for all of you.

If you’ve drifted to my Caffe because you’re family or by way of your favourite keyword or blog tag, welcome! I hope you find exactly what you’re seeking. If not, please feel free to leave a comment (see bottom of page) and let me know if there is a topic you’d like to see here. I love feedback! Sometimes I offer dark chocolate and coffee in exchange for feedback.

When I first started my blog, I really had little idea where I would take it, except that I knew then I did not want it to be a daily me-me journal. I started this blog because I need to write, I enjoy writing, and I enjoy the research that comes with writing. I want to sharpen my writing skills and learn what makes blog readers happy. In addition to thoroughly enjoying a reporter/journalistic style of writing, I do have a (little) thing for poetry and I’ve one novel in progress. (No, it isn’t a romance!) I’ve recently joined a writer’s group and I’m very much looking forward to advancing my skills.

My favourite topics are: current events (particularly in science), travel, and basically anything weird or unusual. Food. I enjoy cooking and I’m kinda handy in the kitchen. If I come across something worth sharing, I might throw it out there. Sometimes I like to write about politics or religion, but those are super-inflammatory topics and I’m simply not expert enough to be throwing my opinionated weight around. But, there is really no telling what topic I’ll write about next. If you’ve a particular favourite topic, drop me a line and perhaps I can do a little research (I love research) on your behalf.

You will also notice that we at Caffe M~Path have a certain fondness for Doctor Who and David Tennant. I’ve several posts and a pretty sweet page devoted to David Tennant and Doctor Who. Maybe it doesn’t count because he isn’t Hollywood per se, but BBC. Sci-fi, science, and travel are sort of in our ‘family.’ If you enjoy fanfiction, check out the link at right entitled, DOTS Totally Awesome Stuff.

I designed my blog to have three major categories in which to classify my topics and based it upon what I consider to be my all time favourite beverage: coffee.  Espresso is concentrated and highly caffeinated; as such I will reserve this category for the more dry, serious topics. Long black is an espresso cut with hot water (Americano for all you Starbucks fans) and therefore I will use this category for the less serious or random topics. A Flat White is espresso sweetened with steamed milk (and sometimes sugar) and has decorative foam on top. Think Italian latte. Naturally this category will be used for off the wall, ridiculous, or funny topics. I’m sure at some point I’ll revamp my category system, but for now this feels great to me. The newest addition to the menu is Green Tea. This category will be used for any post involving health, nutrition, or recipes.

A little more about me: I’m rather a nomad at heart. At present, I reside in Southern California, after an extended stay in eastern Australia. I can’t say enough good things about Australia. It is amazing to me that in just one year alone we have travelled from southern California to New Zealand, to Australia, to Fiji, to Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, back to southern California (San Diego, Irvine, and Santa Cruz) in addition to our several road trips in between. Whew! That’s a lot of miles. I seriously recommend the driving leg of this trip to anyone who loves endless hours of scrub, dirt, rocks, Loves’ gas stations, scary food and coffee, and Holiday Inns. You have to want to spend a fortune on fuel. The plus side is, of course, being at the coast in California. Ah, now isn’t all that desolate, sunbaked earth worth it?

You may be wondering why I named my blog Caffe M~path. Well, as I mentioned before, I do love coffee. Good coffee mind you. Don’t get me started on coffee or I’ll bore you silly. In my next life, I hope to own my very own coffee shop~bookstore. Guess what I’ll name it?

But what about you? You know [ this ] much about me now and I know nothing about you. We’ll have to work on that.

Ciao!