June 2026 — Patrick
PATRICK I look through a keyhole in a dreamAnd there is my father, eyes closedIn meditation.Thirty-four years have passedSince we laid him in the groundIn
PATRICK I look through a keyhole in a dreamAnd there is my father, eyes closedIn meditation.Thirty-four years have passedSince we laid him in the groundIn

Sonnet Counterpoint the final poem in Searching in Circles by Rose Anna Higashi Sometimes a circle is a fairy ring, Sometimes a yin and

As 2025 comes to and end, marking the twelfth anniversary of our website myteaplanner.com and the tenth anniversary of our blogs, “Tea and Travels” and

As most of our readers know, Rose and I wrote a book about afternoon tea, Sharing Tea: The Road Back to Civilization. Writing this book

 Please allow me to go on about the autumnal photograph above. It contains many of my favorite elements. Front and center, there is a

 The Third Thursday Up north, snow has already Fallen on the pines when November Arrives. The maple leaves are bright Dawn red, and the

 October  Tweed was conceived in autumn, Along with tartan plaid, by some ancient Artist, envying the hardwood forest in fall. Like an Ozark

 Red Velvet Cake with Buttery Cream Cheese Frosting Come autumn, I always have a little flirtation with the delicately scented, shapely pear. In the

 Nonna’s Checca di Parma (Or Italian Apple Nut Cake) In looking through her baking supplies, Suzi found her mother’s cookie press and in the

 Portent September’s moon suspends In an oyster shell sky, Her newly waned shape a baroque pearl. Her light dazzles, silver-white, And the stars keep
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