Currently . . . February 6, 2026

The "Currently" link-up at the beginning of each month is now hosted at Coffee and Cocktails at the Casa. Our new hostess Amy posts a set of action verb prompts for the month and writers respond. So, without further ado, here are this month's prompts and what's happening currently . . .

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Loving - Things I'm loving right now include:

I do love the snow photos. Even though it's still really cold, and I'm wondering whether there'll be a noticeable spike in our utility bills, and even though we're at the point where there's salt and slush to navigate, I still love the brightness of the snow where it's still clean and white, and the hoarfrost we've seen on trees and fences a couple times. I love seeing the photos people are sharing of their winter walks and snowy adventures.

I love coffee, as always.

This week, I especially loved getting together with friends for dinner on Thursday. Columbus Restaurant Week was extended by many restaurants since the weather was so bad last week. We met at Bareburger to try it out, and it was really good! On Friday night we're getting together with friends for a pizza and games night. The truth is, I love having a bit of a social life! I reflected with a friend recently that we feel like we shouldn't complain about our calendars being full and busy, because not so long ago when we had both moved to new cities we felt so isolated and purposeless with nothing on our calendars and too much time on our hands.

Baking/Cooking -  I've baked some bread recently, and wish I had time to bake more. I made my signature Pesto Bread, and tried adding strips of pepperoni to it as well. I feel like the trick to getting that right will be finding the sweet spot for how much pepperoni to add. It has to be enough to have really bold taste, but no so much that the oils in the pepperoni seep out during baking and make a mess. I haven't really had much time to cook or bake this week, since I was only home one evening out of five! We haven't even settled on a definite menu for SuperBowl Sunday, but I plan on keeping it pretty simple since it will be just us and our son's family. 

Watching/Reading - Other than hockey, I haven't watched any TV lately. With the Olympics starting now, we plan to watch some of that coverage as we're able. I suspect we'll often be watching the collections of daily highlights. 

I usually add a Coffee Break Reading List as a bonus at the end of my Currently post. but since "reading" is a prompt, I'm moving that up to this spot. I'm currently working on two books, and I'm working on getting a review posted for the book I just finished, 

I'm currently reading . . . 

A Certain Darkness by Anna Lee Huber

The Belle of Belgrave Square by Mimi Matthews

 

More reading news and recent reviews are at Just A Second.

Planning - the menu for our little family SuperBowl party, and intending to keep it simple. Also planning to visit the "phone store" this weekend because my phone has been giving me fits since shortly after Christmas - it's way too often that it can't stay connected to any kind of network except when I'm at home, making the phone largely useless. The GPS doesn't stay online so it doesn't recalculate directions properly, and some days I don't even have the ability to call or text! I mean, at the very bare minimum, a smartphone should be allowing me to make calls other than just to 911, am I right? I suspect they'll just push me to a new phone, so I'm gonna have to be prepared for that.

Savoring - good food, good coffee, and company with good people. How's that for a succinct answer?

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Here's what remains on the short version of the Coffee Break Reading List . . . 

Quotable (I've enjoyed hunting up little quotes to sprinkle into my posts, and I host a regular Wednesday Quotes link party based on interesting quotes. I share one or two here as a sort of teaser for the link-up.):

Shut the door not that it lets in the cold but that it lets out the coziness. ~Mark Twain

I judge a restaurant by the bread & the coffee. ~Burt Lancaster

Consider this your invitation to stop by the current link-up and join us: WQ - Let's Eat out! The link-up is open for two weeks, and the next one will open on February 18th, with the theme: Being Responsible.

 

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Some fun things I've found during coffee breaks:

Sometimes my Duolingo gets me:

This line from The Princess Bride takes on new meaning in 2026:

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What's currently happening in your life? Leave a comment and let me know! 

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