September 25, 2026
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On the ferry toTahiti, everyone eatsA baguette sandwich. The city of Papeete on the Island of Tahiti was our final stop on our long ocean
Along the highway,Oleanders bloom beneathThe massive redwoods Wayne and I have been busy traveling this year. In June we returned to San Jose and the
PATRICK I look through a keyhole in a dreamAnd there is my father, eyes closedIn meditation.Thirty-four years have passedSince we laid him in the groundIn
Sonnet Counterpoint the final poem in Searching in Circles by Rose Anna Higashi Sometimes a circle is a fairy ring, Sometimes a yin and
As 2025 comes to and end, marking the twelfth anniversary of our website myteaplanner.com and the tenth anniversary of our blogs, “Tea and Travels” and
As most of our readers know, Rose and I wrote a book about afternoon tea, Sharing Tea: The Road Back to Civilization. Writing this book
 Please allow me to go on about the autumnal photograph above. It contains many of my favorite elements. Front and center, there is a
 The Third Thursday Up north, snow has already Fallen on the pines when November Arrives. The maple leaves are bright Dawn red, and the
 October  Tweed was conceived in autumn, Along with tartan plaid, by some ancient Artist, envying the hardwood forest in fall. Like an Ozark
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