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Six poets gather on New Year’s Day
On New Year’s Day, six poets gathered at Issoan Tea Room to compose linked verse poetry, share incense, food, sweets, tea, and fellowship. This year’s poem below.
Gathering of friends Tea, food, incense Fellowship Fresh year Hatsu uta (first poem)
Hatsu uta breathless silence birds welcome the new day horizon faintly glows life begins anew
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year as we head into 2026, the year of the Fire Horse!
A fire horse year signifies a rare, powerful period of rapid change, passion, and bold action, combining the Horse’s natural energy (speed, freedom, ambition) with the Fire element’s intensity, leading to innovation, personal growth, but requiring balanced ambition to avoid …
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Winter Solstice 2025
After a spectacularly busy summer and autumn, I decided to take some time off to recover and care for my brother who needs care following the loss of his wife and suffering a stroke.
But here we are at the turn of the year, one of my favorite times, the winter solstice. They call …
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Making tea
Those shelves full of things for making tea for your guests one bowl at a time
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Tea training under the sturgeon moon
Students from Issoan Tea traveled to Vashon Island in the Puget Sound to spend a weekend intensive at the Tea House of the Winter moon. It was also the weekend of the sturgeon moon. The sturgeon is a prehistoric freshwater/saltwater fish that the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest harvested during the full …
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