炉のぬくみ ことば少なに 茶を分かつ
Hearth’s gentle warmth— with few words between us we share this tea.
On February 22, Barbara Sōsei Walker and I held a chakai at the Portland Japanese Garden commemorating 45 years of tea together. Barbara and I grew up together in tea, and as my …
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On January 11, the students and supporters of Issoan gathered at the Cedar Tree Hotel to celebrate Hatsugama. A bento, koicha and usucha were served with portable table style.
The traditional New Year kagami mochi was displayed as well as a shikishi and bell denoting the year of the horse. In keeping with …
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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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The students at Issoan were invited to Shoburo at the East West Chanoyu Center in Seattle Washington. Bonnie Mitchell sensei is my sensei and I wanted my students to meet her. 5 students traveled from Portland to the Japanese Cultural and Community Center of Washington where the East West Chanoyu Center has it Zuishin’an tea …
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This Autumn there were many tea activities for Issoan.
October 18-20, Margie traveled to New Mexico to celebrate their 20th Anniversary.
October 27, Margie visited the beautiful Hakone Gardens in California to attend the Hakone Daichakai. It was good to reconnect and meet new tea …
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