I knew it was a good Halloween party when I woke up the next morning and my feet had finally stopped throbbing. Sarah Palin’s be-lipsticked skeleton greeted me toothily from the bathroom tub – still wearing her beauty pageant sash and studying her five pages of Mapquest directions from Wasilla … Continue reading
Take Time to Work: It is the path to patience and successOur world has taken many of us away from the essential life work of providing for ourselves: gardening; mending fence; cooking and preserving food; caring for domestic animals; gathering wild foods; sewing and mending our own clothes, cutting and … Continue reading
Last year, in conjunction with T Ching and the local chapter of Rotary International, a revolution had its first stirrings. Teenagers – those beautiful bundles of protoplasm and sass – were invited to drink quality whole leaf tea, brewed correctly.It was an awesome success. Thousands of cups of tea were … Continue reading
Ninth in a series about teas from ChinaLong before Europeans had been there or even had any clear notion of just where it was, Fujiian’s Wuyi was known to the English-speaking world as Bohea, the earthly source of heavenly teas unlike any any others China made. America’s greatest scholar of … Continue reading
I guess you could say I’m a reluctant user of technology: I was late to get comfortable with the computer but peer pressure required me to join the 21st century and get an email address; I share a cell phone with my husband, but his recently has been upgraded to … Continue reading
Cadence calls, or “jody calls,” have long been a staple of American military training. Used to relieve the monotony of the grueling double-time marching cadence, they have historically ranged from inspirational to bawdy.Basically following an eight count cadence, and a call-and-response format, one well-known version goes:“I don’t know, but I’ve … Continue reading