I would like to introduce a guest blogger, one of my newer students, David. He generously agreed to write a post about his experience of our recent 35th Anniversary Chakai in Portland, Oregon. As I write this, I’m sitting in my sunny tea nook, surrounded by special gifts, each of which is in some way …
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June 8 – Sunday, 10:00 am, Kimono Exchange and Dogu sale Issoan Tea School
June 14-15 Saturday and Sunday, Seattle trip for Bellevue Art Museum chakai and Origami exhibition, and Sunday koshukai (intensive study) with Bonnie-sensei. If you are interested in this please let me know by June 7, so we can arrange carpooling and …
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My husband and I had the delightful opportunity to fly to Kyoto for a week at the end of March. We were fortunate enough to have scheduled a trip when the sakura blossoms were just beginning to come out. It was so enchanting to walk through the busy streets or along the river and view …
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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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