Tangerine Honey Daydream

I want to type an expression of pure wonderment and love but have no idea where to start. Where is the spark? Life sure is strange.

I check my mail now as often as I check in to Steepster, every week or two. Never often enough. I think about how much time we all spent here back in the early 2020s, a few years after I joined, coping with some weird collective reality. And I know Steepster was much busier before my time here, before something happened to the site… was it between 2016 and 2018? I can’t imagine the number of friendships that were fostered back then.

gmathis, I wish I could meet you. Travel to Missouri with your handknitted shawl draped across my shoulders. Explore the area you call home. Have a cup of Constant Comment and go to Walmart for some groceries. For now, a handmade card will do. Always a pleasant glimpse into life at Turkey Creek. A little bit of what you experience, a little bit of what you taste. We’ve never met, but I can feel what you put out into the world and I deeply appreciate it. Thank you.

September Sipdown Challenge Prompt – Sipdown a Sample!

The site is running as slow as molasses in January. Clicking like on a post takes me to an ever spinning new page instead of lighting up the wee heart. Come on, tech team! We believe in you! Get us running again!

This sample was a tea mail surprise from GMathis – many thanks! It really came in useful today. Brekkie was late but I had to teach, so lunch was literally a slice of deli turkey I grabbed from the fridge and a glass of chocolate milk to wash it down. I walked as I “ate” lunch.

I wanted something to sip on for a couple of hours of afternoon teaching and it was the perfect time to try this.

The label says white tea at the bottom but the first ingredient listed is rooibos. The rooibos is somewhat temprered by the white tea and flavoring, though. It added a nice fruity note to the fruity flavorings without being overly woody. It smelled very nice in the cup. Enjoyabke, and I would drink it again if offered.

One never appreciates a quiet house quite so much as the evening following VBS Family Night, which we celebrated with an ear-splitting interactive show akin to Nickelodeon Double Dare or Slime Time Live. Nine-year-old girls can hit a note two octaves above treble clef E that could slice metal. (I loved my little pod of seven kids and nothing you do for children is ever wasted. It was a good week.)

But my private end-of-week celebration is much quieter tonight with a nice cup of this summery blend I found by accident at one of our pricier local natural food stores. It’s my second attempt: I steeped the first cup and put it in the fridge to chill, which ended up in a cold half-pint of artificial honey flavor.

This round, I was more attentive to water temp and scanty with time (pulled it just before three minutes) and it’s much better. Honey and vanilla, yes; but the subtle tangerine that I could barely detect in the cold version isn’t overwhelmed this time around.