Smelling My Own Coffee: Sixty-Five Moments of Thought offers a book of answers that touches hopefully on every segment of life. Focusing on both verbal and nonverbal language, author Carol Samuels examines many aspects of emotions both secret and acknowledged those that are universal, and those that are unfelt. She expounds on love, hate, loss, quiet encouragement, and faith, exploring the whos, whats, whens, wheres, hows, and just becauses needed to fully experience life and all it has to offer.

Offering a sort of field manual for feelings, Smelling My Own Coffee attempts, through poems, statements, thoughts, and vignettes, to answer or give meaning to words that address the virtues, principles, and substances of life.

Moonshine

Moonshine shimmering on the ocean's water Moonshine sparkling like diamonds on dew frosting the blue grass pastures Moonshine clear, cool, cold, colorless yet shining in an air of peacefulness Moonshine mellow almost shyly showing one side only to those who peer Moonshine hypnotically almost mockingly exposing more than less.... Less than more than the night before