Got up this morning went into the kitchen, ground some beans, stuck them in the coffee machine’s little gold filter funnel, filled the reservoir with water and swtiched it on. Normally I have granola, but today I grabbed an unopened box of Frosties and popped it on the kitchen counter. I went to turn on the computer and check the news while the coffee machine did its magic.  

Five minutes later, having read that a North Korean ballistic missile was about to be fired over (or possibly into) Japan, I returned to the kitchen.

I was greeted with the smell of fresh coffee and  ….

There were two suspects.

Pudding was fast asleep.

Bear was racing around the kitchen with a mad gleam in her eyes.

I picked up the trash, then had my cup off coffee with a piece of toast.