“As the message drained away Vimes stared at the opposite wall, in which the door now opened, after a cursory knock, to reveal the steward bearing that which is guaranteed to frighten away all nightmares, to wit, a cup of hot tea.* * The sound of the gentle rattle of china cup on china saucer […]
Some of us are vitally interested in politics. I’m one. I vaguely remember, from my childhood, reading in a Robert Heinlein book that the alternative to politics is war, so it seems like a good thing to take an interest in. I just did a US political compass test and it told me I was […]
A small intro, before the main event. I’ve always loved the saying “Fine Words Butter No Parsnips.” On a whim I decided to use it as a blog post title, with no idea what to write about. And then, on another whim, decided to challenge a few dozen other tea bloggers to use the same […]
Sometimes, you just need a bit of a review. Am I doing what I set out to do? And do I care? As I sat down to get a bit of a start on post number 266 to this blog – that would be this post – I looked through a few stats. 265 posts […]
I had an idea for a blog, and here it is. Unusually, it relies on other people. Ten years ago, any reference consulted would come up with the same dozen quotes about tea. Ignoring Eleanor Roosevelt, as she explicitly mentions bagged tea, or actually worse, is all about the bag, you get a bit of […]
Sitting here, I’m considering my commitment to blogging at least once a week. Throughout the week I collect ideas, some of which I jot down, some of which take off like wildfire and some of which I forget. I could have skipped it, because last week I released two, one a poem on Beasts of […]
As I may have mentioned in passing on my 27 squillion tweets, plethora of Facebook rants or even within the hallowed walls of this prestigious blog, I have quite a Shania Twain attitude to religion: It don’t impress me much. Much like Ms. Twain’s grammar, pretty well all religion is questionable. Sure, the Buddhists say a few […]
Tea has been caught in the crossfire of a battle that is ostensibly between men and women for hundreds of years now. Why bother, you might ask? You might say “Don’t we have gender equality now? Not only for men and women, but also every variation of gender and sexuality therein. It’s it, like, the […]
As I have remarked before, there is a tea for every emotion, every occasion. I have many times mentioned those occasions and/or occasions. I drink Lord Petersham* if Downton Abbey is on the TV. Doke Silver Needle (with corn chips on the side) if I have a migraine. 1910* if bacon and early morning conversation […]
The Tea Lady is virtually a mythical figure these days. Once an essential part of any medium sized business; the post is now reduced to a couple of stereotypes. In my part of the world, they finally seem to have totally disappeared in the early 1990s, although the die was cast a couple of decades […]