Eccentric Tea Woman

  He let the bonsai die and I knew he was a bastard. After I found the trail of dead brown leaves on the floor that led to the garbage bin, I asked him - why? Why didn't you take care of it? You wanted that bonsai, wanted to prove something to me. I closed my eyes in frustration and sighed. Why, I asked a final time. Simple, he said in a tone that held a smile. I opened my eyes. It was never about the bonsai, he added. It was about you taking care of me. I slowly sat down on the floor while my eyes never strayed from his face. I need you, he said. I need you to pick up where I've left off. That bonsai represented my last fling with being responsible. He leaned forward and whispered - it's up to you now. I knew he was right. I knew that, even though I was furious at him for allowing that bonsai to die, he knew that I would make things right. I would swoop in with my flowing white cape and make everything better. I smiled back and then got up and walked into the bedroom. He j

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(prints of my Tea Muse are available in the VTC Etsy store - see below for the link!) Me: I'm so glad I've got the next two days off from work. Whoopie! Should I just relax and do nothing, or work on everything else I've missed out, or -  Tea Muse: (handing me a rather large cup of Earl Grey tea in silence) Me: (taking a long sip) Ahhhh, thanks! How did you know I needed that most of all? Tea Muse: Simple - The Earl Grey will FLOW! (grinning widely) Me: (laughing) Okay, no more Herbert for you! Tea Muse: Does that make me a Tea Bene - Me: (looking around frantically to make sure no lawyers are present) We can't use those words here! Copyright and all.  Tea Muse: (looking innocently at me) Then I guess I shouldn't say that I love a good SPICE tea? Me: (finishing my tea then doing a facepalm) Click HERE for the Viridian Tea Company Etsy Store! Tea Blends for the Strange and Unusual! Krewe du Who Tea Blend  

  I truly enjoyed reading and reviewing the book Deadly Games! by author Bobby Nash - click HERE for the Viridian Tea House YouTube link! Thanks again, Bobby! Click HERE for the link to Tea of the Dominant, the featured tea brewed during this review!

  Me: (puffing lightly) Okay, I think that's all of your stuff . . . right? Tea Muse: (looking around the room) It feels good to be with you again! Woot! (dancing around my office as John Coltrane plays on my computer) Me: I feel terrible that it's been so long since we last hung out. Tea Muse: Hey, it's not easy working with an imaginary being sometimes! Anyway, tell me all about Colorado! I'm dying to get outside and conquer mountains! (stops dancing and lands on the floor) Me: Well . . (scratching head)  . . it's more than just mountains. Lakes, rivers, really cool coffee joints - Tea Muse: (gasping in shock) You're STILL drinking . . . COFFEE?! Blech! Me: Hey! I'm still drinking tea, ma'am! In fact, I've created new blends and even started a YouTube channel, so you can stop glaring at me, okay? Tea Muse: (crosses arms and sighs) Fine, but don't let me catch you drinking that nasty stuff. Me: (giving her the side-eye) Oh yeah . . . there are a

  If one sits still long enough Mushrooms will grow on their skin like edible tattoos. Fungi of every colour, size, and smell sprouting in response to a thought, untouched dreams, and wishes gone away. Eating your own strengthens the resolve; not waste, taken and absorbed back into the collective. Cultivated and naked bodies create enough for the world, assisted in dark rooms,  stored away from the sun. Thinly sliced and savoured during parties of ill repute: women dressed in ebon coloured dresses, eyes distorted by mysterious kohl. The men stand to the side, watching like naive children; their purpose is not yet given to them. Samples of everyone lay about within an atmosphere of an opium den - Gothic tragedy creating such sexual frustrations and the removal of limitations. Those who linger beyond the normal, those who savour and taste such fungal pleasures mingled with blood drawn from their own veins, smile as only they can. Their bright violet eyes, their mouths painted with crushe

  Too many shadows to catch And not enough patience; something completely regrettable. I am tired - let me fade and become a shadow To be caught by colours still unknown to humans. I was brought here to be a witness To the failings of the world And still I speak with an archaic tongue. I wish to prove to you That yes, it is possible to become something else. Something within your reach, something That the world has only dreamt of and will never create.  Listen to the winds across the sea and tell me that you still don't believe, For as long as you remain stuck within your mind That damage you complain of will never die.  Click HERE for the Viridian Tea Company Etsy Store! Tea Blends for the Strange and Unusual!