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One Cup of Tea Won’t Fix Me

Healing, Seed of Life Herbal Teas, The Tea Life / s. rochelle

When I share the potential health benefits of the herbal teas I blend, I do so with a bit of hesitation.
Sometimes I choose to share the practical, physical attributes of a plant. Other times I mention its energy personality, or focus on how it has featured in stories and mythology.
None of it is set in stone, but it all plays a part.
Plant medicine can be a powerful ally in our search for wellness and vitality. Other times, however, it seems as though it does nothing. What gives?

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Brewing Guidelines For Loose Leaf Tea

Seed of Life Herbal Teas / s. rochelle

Watching loose leaf tea steeping is a beautiful thing. Yes, you can use a disposable tea bag if you like. I get it – sometimes that’s easier. But when you first see those curled tea leaves unfurling, and flowers opening in your water, there’s no going back.

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Stay

S. Rochelle Poetry / s. rochelle

I know
summer is falling
and the geraniums are fading
and the basil’s gone to seed, but
the sedum is greening
by the back fence
and I’d like to show you
how purple it will be in autumn….

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Go Gentle

S. Rochelle Poetry / s. rochelle

Go gentle with your heart
as the tea leaf, which does not release
its treasure to demanding hands.

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A Tea Blending Life – Behind the Scenes

The Tea Life / s. rochelle

I think some tea purists would shudder at my love of tea blending. And I understand. I understand that there are some teas that need to be enjoyed on their own, without additions. I love the simple elegance of a quality jade green tea sipped from beautiful china. I also love the humble kitchen-garden herbs

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The Power of Story and the Healing of Creative Work

Analog Living / s. rochelle

To keep track of these lives we live is not just a means of enriching our understanding… but a truly sacred work…Our secrets are human secrets, and our trusting each other enough to share them with each other has much to do with the secret of what it is to be human. – Frederich Buechner

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The Supper of the Lamb – A Culinary Reflection [book review]

1 Comment / Book Reviews / s. rochelle

“We are not simply the users of creation; we are, all of us, called to be its offerers.” – Robert Capon This is the essence of Robert Farrar Capon’s book, The Supper of the Lamb. Part cooking, part philosophy, part theology, it is a book like none other. It is a serendipitous fusion of poetry,

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Blueberry Summers [book review]

2 Comments / Book Reviews / s. rochelle

I first read an excerpt from Blueberry Summers nearly twenty years ago in an edition of Victoria Magazine. In this beautiful, old edition – yes I still have it – I read an excerpt from Curtiss Anderson’s book, Blueberry Summers, Growing Up at the Lake. It was on my to-read list ever since. A few summers

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The Wind in the Willows [book review]

Book Reviews / s. rochelle

The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home. First with brooms, then with dusters; then on ladders and steps and chairs, with a brush and a pail of whitewash; til he had dust in his throat and eyes, and splashes of whitewash all over his black fur, and an

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Wherin a Coffee Addict Falls Into a Tea Cup

The Tea Life / s. rochelle

I used to be a coffee addict. I drank it black, and I drank it often. The stronger the better. Coffee fueled the world, I said. Coffee was strong and glamorous. Coffee cafes were full of energy and lively music and successful writers with their laptops. Tea, on the other hand? Tea was anything but

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