M. Lynne Squires Urban Appalachian Author

The View From My Cup

The view from my cup – fountain pens

The view from my cup – fountain pens

The view from my cup…fountain pens. Last year, a friend told me about a great deal she got online for fountain pens in different ink colors. A gob of them for just $20! Santa brought me a box for Christmas. I have a confession about me and fountain pens. They terrify...

read more
The View from My Cup…the coffee bar

The View from My Cup…the coffee bar

  The view from my cup…the coffee bar for National Coffee Day! Honestly, it should be a crime to love coffee as we do. We have bags of coffee in a wide assortment of flavors. Let me clarify, bags of beans. We fresh grind our coffee. Makes all the difference in...

read more
The View from My Cup…Caladiums

The View from My Cup…Caladiums

The view from my cup…Caladiums, summer’s showy foliage. I plant them every year, and they never disappoint. The hardest thing about planting them is finding them. Most box stores are overflowing with petunias and begonias, but nonflowering plants are at a premium....

read more
The View from My Cup…my typewriter collection

The View from My Cup…my typewriter collection

The view from my cup…my typewriter collection. It’s taking over the office where I write. I have an old Remington that weighs 3,000 pounds given to me by an old friend. That boat anchor of a typing machine has been toted to several homes till landing here in my office...

read more
The View From My Cup…Comics

The View From My Cup…Comics

The view from my cup…comic pages. It has been years since I regularly read the comics in the newspaper. Probably since Calvin and Hobbes went away. That was December 31, 1995. On the first day of the same year, The Far Side ended too. Not a good year for the comic...

read more
The View From My Cup – Things Gone

The View From My Cup – Things Gone

The view from my cup…things I don't see anymore. Now and again, I think of something I haven't seen for quite a while. As in, not for years, and in some cases decades. Take, for instance, carhop trays. BC (before COVID), you could occasionally dine at a hotdog stand...

read more

The View from My Cup is a collection of blog posts that follow Lynne’s views from her cup. Reflective, honest, and thought provoking … these little musings will bring a smile to your day, and maybe give you food for thought.

The views change depending on whether Lynne is out and about, or just observing life from the back deck. The cups change too…from her collection of Fiesta mugs, to mugs people have gifted her, to coffee house paper cups.

Occasionally a friend and guest writer will share a view from their cup as well…stay tuned, she has some interesting friends with equally interesting views to share!

Don’t want to miss a View?

Have it delivered to your inbox!

Yes, please send me the Free eBook “Breaching the Chrysler Building” and The View from My Cup posts.

Steaming coffee cup