Liverwurst and Little League were two of the most interesting words I read in the first chapter or two of "A Wrinkle In Time", and I am still trying to place them. As some of you might have been aware, I have read a lot of Young Adult Fantasy, but somehow I have not read "A Wrinkle In Time", or at least, I haven't finished it. And in fact, even more oddly, I don't know much about it. When was this book published? Who was its target audience? I do know that it won a Newberry Medal and was followed by either a series of sequels, or was part of a series, depending on how you look at it. (And this is an important question). So what was it like to actually read this famous book that I had somehow missed?

(Some of this might be covered above, but I am doing my own short plot recap before launching into my own take)
Meg Murry is typical suburban girl dealing with...wait, no she isn't. Meg Murry is the child of two scientific researchers, but her father, a physicist, has

Tips for getting the best from your café and barista

Baristas work bloody hard. It's a skilled job as you'd find out if you had to juggle making hundreds of drinks a day, all day, every day. Pulling an excellent espresso shot alone takes time and practice to learn,. Add in a wide variety of drinks based on espresso and you'll see there's a lot to balance and think about, not to mention the hideous and innumerable matcha concoctions that are suddenly

If the doorbell rings or you hear someone knock

and a long white box lies next to the paper

if you slip off the ribbon and take off the top

if the roses inside