Would you like Coffee or Tea?

There are things that probably should not be discussed while walking from a Museum to a State office building. One of them is probably funeral and last rite's arrangements that include taking the cremains of the deceased and adding them to the tea and coffee of those who are attending the festivities.

Well that is just what happened as the three merry travelers were walking briskly on one cold Alaska day in October. The story goes that I (Ray) had suggested to Sheila that when she passes we should have a grand wake and of course every grand wake must have a grand tribute.

So we would have a recount of her life and a showing of her great masterpieces that she painted and of course I would come up and say that Sheila was such a part of each of us that she wanted to continue to be a part of us even after she passed on. So we have mixed her remains in with the tea and coffee that you have been drinking. So now there is a little piece of Sheila in each of you.

So the three of us are having this wonderful conversation. And adding to its uniqueness. Like Rogers suggestion of having a Bunt cake with addings in it. And Sheila thinking that a each person should get a little vile of Sheila to take home with them as a souvenir of the occasion. And of course there should be Sheila coffee grounds and tea bags to go.

All the while walking in front of us was this person of color who at the first opportunity darted up a side walk to get away from these crazed people who were talking about cremain coffee and tea. He glanced at us as we passed with this look of horror that we would even consider such a thing, much less be discussing it while walking along on a rather cold and brisk day in Anchorage.

So there you have it. Would you like Coffee or Tea?