Readers of my previous post Tea and The Art of Friendship may recall it had a central theme that was a bit mad. Essentially, it suggested a Tea Party where anyone from around the world could join in at the appointed hour, via Skype. I chose a date and time – it was actually 6:30am on a Sunday in Adelaide, South Australia where I […]
Behind me is a generation of Australians that believes that “British is Best” , where a Prime Minster quoted poetry about Queen Elisabeth II and where it was considered that our other great ally, the USA, was a hulking, whoring illiterate. Get hold of some old radio tapes, you’d swear it was the BBC. Ahead of me there is a generation that […]
“Inspiration have I none/but to touch the flaming dove” As I have the world’s best memory for song lyrics (sadly teamed with the voice of a half-mad donkey), I can tell you I dredged that up from the memory of an album I last heard maybe 25 years ago, Bowie’s “The Rise and Fall of […]
I’ll be having a tea party shortly. I’m thinking myself and five others, though theoretically some of those others might be couples, so that extends it a bit. It’s going to cost me $5 to hire the venue. Not bad, I think. I’ve selected Darjeeling as the tea of choice. Which Assam? Actually, that’s up to the participants. I don’t want to […]
{EAV_BLOG_VER:c7ec48f0cf469c95} Above is a meaningless stream of characters. Unless you’re a verification engine, searching for that exact stream, in which case I say “hi”. The reason it’s there is because quite a few people have recommended “Empire Avenue” to me, which is an odd site, where you attempt to define the value of your social media efforts. Five people have endorsed my […]
I’ve been sitting in a tea shop for 6 hours. My office is about an hour south of the CBD, so I tend to meet people in tea shops. Today, and most of tomorrow, I’ll be here. Here I am, hard at work. Note the enormous quantities of tea behind me. So far I have […]
I’m pretty observant. For a male, that is. Also, I like to think I can consider all sides to an issue, before I decide who is sweetly innocent and who needs to be tased. So, let’s talk about Princes. Even today, it’s permissible for a little girl, growing up in the Western world, to dream of marrying […]
Readers of my blog of late have found it turned mostly into a tea travelogue. Not because I’ve changed focus, but because I tend to write about what I’m thinking of, and I think about my next decent cup of tea a lot. I have completely covered my efforts to source good loose leaf tea […]
I’ve been prolific this week. There’s been so much to talk about as I have absorbed Thailand like a great big sponge. I’ll be writing two other posts, with pictures aplenty. But here’s how it ends. Twenty six hours from departure, and I’ve still not found a basic teapot or any significant quantities of Thai tea. Or much of any […]
I returned to the little shop where I’d found the Raming Organic Jasmine tea. If you haven’t read about that, then you’ve sadly missed out on the blockbuster tea buying adventure story of the decade and you need to start about six blog entries back. I decided to buy another couple of boxes and try […]