Fishing for Love
Small Mouth Bass In shallow water Warmed by the sun In a tranquil part of the stream A shinny lure Caught my eye And I struck with force And the lure lurched back Ripping my lips But it could have been worse Had the hook set properly The vicious fight for freedom Or Frying pan [...]
Love is Road Kill.
Love is Road Kill. Just let the little animal inside you love read this poem. And so I tried, to cross the busy highway to your heart, that relentless raging river of steel and carbon monoxide… well I tried. And eventually the pain of love, like desire fades…
Poems from Korea
Here are some poems I wrote while I was living in South Korea.Thanks to Wes De Boer for letting me record while I was living in Vancouver and running my tea shop. Enjoy. koreas-modern-airrang poetry-28
Here in Time
Here in Time There is no escape Stairs yes Sometimes a chute Another way Yes, sure Why not But there is no escape Everything is slipping from me my friend The end? Perhaps Either way There is no escape Its just you Here in time Doing time It’s time’s doing And I drop some And [...]
Korean Tea Pot Types and the Breaking in Process
Before you begin using your tea set it is important to determine what type…
Vipassana Meditation As Taught By S.N. Goenka, in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin
Along the journey I have had the privilege to have been introduced to Vipassana Meditation by a dear friend, Richard Honsberger. If it were not for his insight, I might still be blind. When I was ready, I made the time to do a ten day meditation retreat. It was a great opportunity to sit [...]
The Philosophy Behind Korean Tea Pottery
When our eye’s first encounter traditional Korean tea sets they might think that they are defective in some way. The cups are not perfectly round. In fact they’re lopsided, and the hand painted sets seem to have been thinly and sloppily applied, with runs dried into place. But all this is done Intentionally.So what does [...]
Detoxification In The Pursuit For Better Health:By Frank Pridham
DETOXIFICATION IN THE PURSUIT FOR BETTER HEALTH.By Frank Pridham
Tea Shopping in China
Not all the tea in China is good tea. To find a great tea source you have to Live Like Water and know where and how to find the best tea. When we were in Guangzou, China we visited the tea wholesale market. You really had to know how to distinguish between the farmers / [...]
From Liberal Arts to Selling Tea in Chinatown
My Days At The Liberal Arts College: Concordia University During my years at Liberal Arts College I became an educated consumer of Western ideas, art and culture. There was so much on the table, and I, hungry, spooned in as much as I could from that intellectual buffet. It has taken so much time and [...]
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