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Day: November 10, 2024

Finding Tranquility in a Cup of Tea

November 10, 2024 ~ wordancerblog ~ 1 Comment

When life gets more hectic than I wish, I turn for moments of solace. Those moments often include a steaming cup of tea. As soon as I put the kettle on, I start to relax.

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One response to “Finding Tranquility in a Cup of Tea”

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    Glenda Funk
    November 12, 2024

    Joanne,

    This is lovely and cathartic reading. I didn’t expect to learn so much about tea, and as I read I had visuals of picture books floating in my head. Occupational hazard, that! I also thought this needs to be a poem, and the. it was! I love it all and might have to up my virtually nonexistent tea drinking game.

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