Thursday, March 01, 2012

My tea article in Sparrow Magazine


I'm excited to announce that I've had an article published in the online magazine, Sparrow.  Below are the first few lines.  You can read the full article here.  Enjoy!

My tea ritual
My fantasy tea ritual begins with a sun that always shines before I rise, involves time spent in meditation, and finishes with a perfectly laid breakfast table. That just isn’t possible for me. Instead, I raise my teacup to the idea of an honest tea ritual, one that is doable within the complexities of our lives.

Here’s my real-life tea ritual, involving the first few minutes of my workday...read the rest of this article at Sparrow Magazine

17 comments:

  1. A Excellent Article, Steph!

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  2. Kudos, Steph! Love your descriptive writing style! Love your topic!

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  3. Excellent Steph! How fun! A great article!
    Ruth

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  4. Very nice, Stephanie! Congratulations, too!

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  5. Lovely article, Steph. I really enjoyed reading it while quietly sipping a cup of Pu-erh tea this afternoon. :) Congratulations to you, you have such a wonderful writing style.

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  6. Thx all for the encouragement.

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  7. I loved your article, Stephanie. I was refreshing and real. I really appreciate how you made "tea" an authentic yet simple ritual in everyday life. Great job!

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  8. Teafan8:13 AM

    Cool, cool! And love that photo up top! Did you take it, or are you the model?

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  9. Teafan - Yep, those are my hands. The DH (dear hubby) and I worked together on that photo. It was fun, and I just love how it turned out.

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  10. anodyne2:53 PM

    Always good to see more of your writing in any venue!

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  11. I love your tea ritual! Congrats on the article- nicely done! :-)

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  12. Am going off to read it now, Steph! Congratulations!!

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  13. Just blogged your article on your blog :) It's wonderful Steph!

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  14. Anonymous5:37 AM

    Great article! I enjoyed it.

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  15. Thank you again, everyone - it was scary and thrilling for me to do this!

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  16. I really like the idea of creating your own personalized ritual, in general. It makes it much more meaningful, I think, when you deliberately create some sort of practice like that in your life.

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