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This past Sunday, the Cuppa Fans and I had some fun with boozy teas. This started as a joke during the Q&A Tea with Tanya live stream, and ended with 6 tea-cocktails. If you missed the boozy tea live stream, you can catch it here. As promised, here are the recipes! (I am still looking […]

If you are “an old” like myself, chances are high that you might have played a game called “Lemonade Stand”. (Apparently this game still exists?) I played it on an Apple IIe. The game has a simple premise; make your lemonade stand successful. You accomplish this by balancing what you pay for supplies with how

I wanted to write something pithy and interesting today, but I got 4 hours of sleep and there is a distinct lack of pithiness in my brain at the moment. I am staring at my to-do list and all I can think is “I’d rather be playing Minecraft.” So, hey, let’s talk about that. My

One of my little indulgent pleasures is having a hot soak while sipping on a cup of tea. And, since I am a very scent oriented person matching my bath bombs and my teas is a fun exercise in sensory enrichment. It creates a lovely immersive moment. So, today I am going to recommend SEVEN

Back during my undergraduate years (BS in Anthropology) I was assigned to read a book entitled Stranger in the Village of the Sick. The premise was that people live in the world of health and periodically become members of a different society, the so-named “village of the sick.” That book made me so angry. And,

A few weeks ago I was listening to an NPR piece. I listen to NPR a lot. Great stories, great conversations, great news coverage. It is pretty much on every morning and whenever I am in my car. But, I digress. This particular NPR piece was a roundtable discussion about whether or not to reopen

I had another topic in mind for the blog today, but I’ll be honest, I forgot what it was. I had the idea in my head for three days and I remember being excited about it and thinking about exactly what to write, but the last few days my thoughts have been on the protesters….and

It’s been on and off raining since Sunday evening. These are tough days on me since low pressure is a big trigger for my fibromyalgia pain. It can make it hard to get motivated, stay on task, or generally want to do much of anything. But, I have managed to stay busy. I hosted my

We are about a month away from the Summer Solstice and where I am it is already hitting the mid 90s. The flowers in my garden are still blooming, though many have already cycled to seed or are well on their way. There are loads of bees, snails, birds, and lizards still. My garden is

This year is the first year in awhile that I did not get to see my mother in person for mother’s day, but we made the best of it and had a Zoom picnic – each of us on our patios. I had a spread of fruits and veggies and scones from my favourite local