The last speech tournament of the year is the state championship. Held in mid-April, only the best speakers and debaters in the state earn the privilege to compete over the three days. Our school qualified two debate teams and four individual competitors to compete at this level. Three days of competition; two nights in a [...]
On Monday Feb. 11, I had the honor and privilege of being taken by Mr. Rajiv Lochan to Apna Ghar in Katamtalla which is just outside of the city of Siliguri, India. Apna Ghar, under the auspices of Mahavir International, is a facility for destitute old people who don’t receive any assistance from their families [...]
Hello TChing friends. I have a question for you. We’ve been interviewing for a new CEO and one of the candidates asked me what were the best tea magazines out there. I imagine she’s looking to enhance her knowledge about all things tea as her background is from another industry. Of course I pointed her [...]
On a bright and sparkling New Year’s Day, 2008, with the temperature hovering right around 40 degrees, a group gathered down at the Metz family farm, which is snuggled just above the the beautiful Delaware Water Gap. Nestled in the foothills of the Pocono Mountains Ranger District, Stockertown, Pennsylvania, our group of happy, slightly stooped, [...]
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