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New! Beginning Chado: Tray Style Class
The Beginning Chado: Tray Style class begins on Wednesday May 7. . In this class, students are introduced to the principles of making tea, including how to fold fukusa, purification of tea utensils and closing procedures.
Students will also learn good mizuya habits, as well as preparation of the tea room, and cleaning up. There …
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Pottery Tour of Japan
Japan Pottery/Craft Tour with Seattle Potter Rob Fornell
The tour will depart the US June 27th, 2014 and will return approximately two weeks later on July 9th 2014 for a total of 13 days and 12 nights with the entry port in Japan, yet to be determined, being either Narita Int’l Airport, or Haneda Airport …
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From the archives
I was reading through the blog and checking the stats. There are a few posts that I think deserve more visibility, so here are a few from the archives:
Six years ago:
The nature of things There are no shortcuts Order from chaos Straight shooting On receiving teaching Observing vs. doing
Five years ago: In …
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Yuki ma no kusa
To those who wait only for flowers show them a sprig of grass under the snow in a mountain village ~Fujiwara no Ietaka
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