The Coffee Filter Conundrum: My Morning Dilemma Explained

10/05/2026

My Muddy Monday Morning

Coffee filters are the suspected villains in this crime scene.

As I shuffled into the kitchen this morning I didn’t stub my toe or anything like that but I did howl in pain as I tried to brew some beautiful black bean juice. No coffee filters, bummer! I had to spend an half of a hour waiting for the chance to buy some. It left scars on me brain I tell ya.

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WD ✅
Doughty – ˈdoudē
Adjective – Brave and persistent.
Old English, 11th century

SCWWP ✅
This weekend your challenge is to write a poem or a piece of prose in exactly 15 words using the word “Sleep”.

A scruffy dog sitting at a kitchen counter next to a coffee grinder, a glass coffee pot, a Starbucks cup, and scattered coffee beans.

Instead going back to sleep I was doughty in waiting for the filters I needed. [15 words].

Graphic featuring the text 'Sue & Gerry's Colour Challenge' with a wooden palette and paintbrush in the center, surrounded by colorful pencils.

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SGCC ✅
This weekend is our monthly Colour Challenge, and for October, the colour is Orange, last used here exactly a year ago

ECWLP ✅
Can you tell a story in 62 words using the following words in it somewhere: BREAKDANCE/VACCINE/MARTINI/SHIFTY WOODPECKER/HOROSCOPE

A colorful bird in a tuxedo holding a martini glass, appearing surprised, next to a sloth in sunglasses holding a contract, with a large dog wearing a turban and gazing into a crystal ball in the background, set in a glamorous stage environment.

Shifty, the orange woodpecker was holding his drink, talking to his manager. They discussed paragraph two of his contract prohibiting him preforming a breakdance during the show. His martini fell on the floor when he was told without the covid vaccine he couldn’t be on the same stage as Starpup, who was doing a horoscope reading as the highlight of the show. [62 words]

There you have it. My response to some fantastic challenges done after consuming my coffee through cone filters. Better than wearing one of those cones around my neck stopping me from…