Good morning. 🌉☁️☕
2 January 2026
I'm still sipping on my first cup of coffee—now lukewarm—because when I'm working, I tend to focus and ignore the cup except for those brief pauses when I remember to pick it up. While typing this, I wondered why it's called lukewarm and who Luke was. As you might guess, I took the time to look it up.
Luke isn’t a name at all… hmm… well it is, but not in this context. Here, luke is an archaic Old English word meaning tepid. And before you think someone named Luke is essentially named “tepid,” that’s not right either. The name Luke comes from the Latin Lucas or Lucius, meaning light or illumination. So there you have it—a bit of not‑so‑useful information I stumbled across while writing.
I finished a novel by David Baldacci, Strangers in Time, last night. It was well written and interesting, but not his usual cup of tea. Most of his books that I’ve read are mystery‑thrillers. This one was different—and honestly, I think written better. I have to admit that halfway through, I was still waiting for a time traveler to reveal himself. You really can’t judge a book by its cover or its title. No sci‑fi here; instead, it’s a riveting drama about three people—a man, a girl, and a boy—thrown together in the chaos, devastation, and loss of the London Blitz during World War II.
Next on my reading list is The Widow by John Grisham, which is likely a legal drama. After that, I’m not sure. I’m thinking about finding something by Carl Hiaasen that I haven’t read—he is hilarious.
I need to wrap this up and head out for a walk with Charlie. Cheers.
“To know the origin of words is to know the history of civilization.”
— Samuel Johnson
“We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.”
— Winston Churchill
“An early‑morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.”
— Henry David Thoreau
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