{"id":34782,"date":"2017-10-14T10:25:29","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T21:25:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/?p=34782"},"modified":"2017-10-14T10:25:29","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T21:25:29","slug":"celebrating-the-new-shiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/10\/14\/celebrating-the-new-shiny\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating the New Shiny&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_34783\" style=\"width: 254px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/10\/14\/celebrating-the-new-shiny\/the-new-shiny\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34783\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34783\" class=\" wp-image-34783\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-new-shiny...-300x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"230\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-new-shiny...-300x283.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-new-shiny...-150x142.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-new-shiny...-768x725.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-new-shiny...-1024x966.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/The-new-shiny....jpg 1102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Gleamy as&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Those of you who spend time on Twitter will know that coffee (or perhaps I should say &#8220;coh-fe-fe&#8221; \ud83d\ude09 ), together with cat photos and gifs, is an essential part of the writing life.<\/p>\n<p>Coffee, of course, has form in this respect since the 18th century coffee houses first provided focal points for literary discussion.<\/p>\n<p>So I thought I would share the good news that my life literaire is back on track with a brand new and very (like Tirael in <em>Daughter of Blood<\/em>) <em>gleamy<\/em> stovetop coffee maker. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>And prove it with a photo of both the new &#8220;shiny&#8221; (as the <em>Buffy<\/em> &#8216;verse would have it) and the very first brew &#8212; which was excellent, by the way. (Like all the others since.)<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope it proves to be ambrosia for the Muses as well as the author, scribbling and sipping in the metaphorical garret. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_34784\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/2017\/10\/14\/celebrating-the-new-shiny\/first-brew\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-34784\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34784\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-34784\" src=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/First-brew...-300x278.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/First-brew...-300x278.jpg 300w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/First-brew...-150x139.jpg 150w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/First-brew...-768x712.jpg 768w, https:\/\/helenlowe.info\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/First-brew...-1024x949.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-34784\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mmmm, delicious&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those of you who spend time on Twitter will know that coffee (or perhaps I should say &#8220;coh-fe-fe&#8221; \ud83d\ude09 ), together with cat photos and gifs, is an essential part of the writing life. Coffee, of course, has form in this respect since the 18th century coffee houses first provided focal points for literary discussion. 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