Imagine my elation when I learned that not only was I going to Rwanda, but that I'd have time to see a tea field while there ! Part o...

I'm here with an awesome team to help bring computers into schools, and primarily to help teachers learn to use them well from a peda...

Yesterday, I did something of my dreams. I trekked in Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda to see Mountain Gorillas.  You might know of thes...

African tea, similar to Indian chai, but of its own character OK, I've found yet another amazing style of tea.  In Rwanda, the...

Stained glass by Ardyn Halter .  This one is called "Descent to Genocide" It is impossible to understand genocide. I have ...

First, congratulations to blukats for winning my blog giveaway!  And thank you all for the good wishes on my 10-year blog anniversary! ...

I am very behind in getting this blog about Tea Bar PDX  written, and I offer my apologies to the owner, Erica, for the delay! I visi...

Poem in Your Pocket Day April 30, 2015 The first bowl washed the cobwebs from my mind — The whole world seemed to sparkle....

This photo represents my tea journey: From British to Chinese and Taiwanese, to Japanese.  The flower represent my husband's alway...

Thank you to Walterrean Salley for this lovely poem.  It very much captures my feelings about tea in the early morning and fit perfectly ...

The Tea Party ~ Jessica Nelson North "I had a little tea party This afternoon at three. 'Twas very small- Three g...

I had the wonderful pleasure of being with Girl Scouts of Western Washington this weekend.  My friend Roberta (shown above, she owns Ex...

When I'm operating at my best, I find poetry everywhere. Including on napkins.   Thank you MJ! Bottom right quote: "...

April is National Poetry Month. I love poetry! I'm regularly moved deeply when reading or writing poems. I think truth is often best ...

 This incredible bubble art... Or maybe two women dressed in Victorian-style clothes, out for a stroll... To my fellow chanoyu stu...

Steven Smith, at a cheese and tea pairing  in August, 2013 "The man breathed in deeply - of rosebuds and mint, of sunny mea...