TeaGrandma! If you'll send me your mailing address via the e-mail button at right, I'll get this headed your way. Congrats!

Do you remember when that movie "The Help" came out last year? Aside from the fact it was based on Kathryn Stockett's complete...

Well, it's a good thing I devote a little portion of my Christmas bonus each year to personal "mad money." And perhaps I shoul...

Do you give food gifts at Christmas? I always seem to end up making treats for at least a handful of friends or family, and over the weekend...

The winner of the tea-themed stationery from last week is Nancy Carr, so congrats! If you'll send me your snail mail address via the e-m...

Since the Boston Tea Party anniversary is coming up this Sunday (how quickly 239 years fly by!), I thought it was time to read a book I’ve h...

A new Harney & Sons tea I've been enjoying is this Soho blend featuring notes of chocolate, coconut and vanilla. When I opened the...

Earlier this year I came across a photo of this teacup and decided I had to have one like it. Alas, it was $75 and I wasn't willing to p...

Christmas is a time of year when I enjoy re-reading old favorite books, including a few tea titles. "Christmas Teas of Comfort and Joy...

This weekend I pondered, if you added orange zest and pineapple and coconut to a tea bread recipe, could you call it Ambrosia Tea Bread? I d...

The winner of the baking goodies from last week is Babe O., so congrats! If you'll send along your snail mail address via the e-mail but...

Adagio Teas is another of the tea vendors that had the good sense to encourage Cyber Monday shopping with free shipping. None of that "...

Tea friend Janet in Texas surprised me with a gift in the mail earlier this week, and one element in particular I found so completely brilli...

Several times this year I've written about the new Crossroads Garden Club I was privileged to join in early 2012. We may be new but our ...