This is from The Book of Awakening, Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You Have , by Mark Nepo. It is entitled Making Tea...

Hand tied green tea with red clover in center, expanding

Green tea, hand tied with a red clover in center

I had so much fun hosting a recent tea tasting! Four friends and I gathered on a Monday afternoon (the day after the Formula 1 race) to insp...

Goldie, a miniature horse (and a princess!)

Antique brass tipping teapot with warmer

I've just returned from spending a weekend in one of my favorite places on earth: the Rafter M horse farm and therapeutic riding center....

Tea with friends at Abbey Gardens

A week ago I was in sunny Arizona for a business conference. To my delight, I was able to sneak in time for tea (at Abbey Gardens) with frie...

Drinking Picasso Soiree, a gift from a friend. An intensely caramel scented tea. I'm practicing doing fewer things. This is tough for me...

Celadon Gaiwan

I'll be gone for a few days. Business trip. This trip requires special packing of some special tea. (I don't mind the tea bag variet...

We're having an intense thunderstorm in the Midwest! It's loud and scary. I get anxious in storms. I always have. I can remember...

Sun tea

With warmer weather and sun gracing the Midwest, I find myself in the mood for sun tea. Having said that, I must admit that I'm not a bi...

Today is a Green Day Today is a green day. For tea, I mean. The green will fill the gaps in between. Green is full of life and light. Green ...

My husband likes to call weeds "nothing but misplaced flowers". Isn't life a lot like that? When something is in our way, we c...

This will be my last post about my tea adventures in Vancouver, BC. Ironically, I started this blog with the last day of my trip (Murchie...

Infuze Tea House

On Day 5, I met a friend for tea at the Hotel Georgia. We had tea in the hotel bar, which was not your average bar! It was nicely furnished ...