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December 2025/January 2026 Tea of the Month Selections
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There’s a thing that happens with chronic illness and chronic stress and, as it turns out, recovery from life-threatening events. I call it the “I feel better” experience. Where I really don’t yet, but I feel enough better as compared to the worst of whatever it was that I Continue Reading →
May/June 2025 Tea of the Month Club Selections
The teas for May and June were sent together due to the health disaster mentioned in the recent update posts. They also happened to be blended on the same day. The tea chosen for May was “We’re All Mad Here” – a blend of Darjeeling (Second Flush), Freeze-Dried Continue Reading →
Chriska Foxcove
Chriska Foxcove is a leksi hailing from the Fractal of the StorySoul – those gnomes brought to spawning by the lives and times of places where words are kept and loved. The first-room-to-the-left in a welcoming house where mind and body are fed, the lost are cherished, and the Continue Reading →
I Want to Believe (8-412)(The Smoking Gun, Hawthorn Berries, Cardamom)
The origin story for I Want to Believe – an organic blend of The Smoking Gun, Hawthorn Berries, and Cardamom. Continue Reading →
Protected: July/August Tea of the Month Club Letter
Ask Not the Sea Her Secrets (Chicory, Cacao Shells, Dulse, Tulsi, Blackberry Leaf, Cinnamon)(11-536)
The origin story for ‘Ask Not the Sea Her Secretsi’ – an organic herbal blend of chicory, cacao shells, dulse, blackberry leaf, tulsi, and cinnamon. Continue Reading →
The Light of Pixies is Their Own (Long Distance Stabbing, Orange Peel, Rose Petals, Vanilla)(8-390-2)
The origin story for “The Light of Pixies is Their Own” – a tasty tea blend comprised of Long Distance Stabbing, Orange Peel, Rose Petals, and Vanilla. The name is a salute to the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Continue Reading →
Court of Dreaming Cats (5-296) (Lapsang Souchong and Jin Xuan)
This post explains the origin story of Court o Dreaming Cats, a lovely blend of Lapsang Souchong and Jin Xuan Oolong – the name a nod to the October Daye series by Seanan McGuire. Continue Reading →
The Wayward Plane (Orange Smoky Turmeric Chai) and Here Be Dragons (Smoky Orange Safflower Pepper Chai) (8-407 and 8-405)
The Wayward Plane and Here Be Dragons were both born out of one of the enduring friendships I found on the internet. Back before the birdsite became such a stunning example of what happens when the supremacist owns the bar, I stumbled into space twitter while wandering around science Continue Reading →