I remember the dinner parties my parents would host for their closest friends. As courses went from appetizers to the main course, my eyes would grow heavy with sleep. By the time dessert and tea would come around it would already be past my bedtime. I would be rushed off to bed, but in my sleepy haze I would still overhear the murmured conversation of the few remaining guests, staying up for a cup of tea with my parents. To me it seemed like a treasured ritual: being awake later than anyone else, not hurrying to do the dishes, talking about everything in the world. Staying for tea wasn’t about the tea: it was about the conversation and the bond.

In some ways, having a personal blog is like inviting all of the internet for a cup of tea and conversation. I don’t have any particular area of expertise. I write about things that interest me, and I would hope they would interest my site visitors. I tend to post a lot about cooking, because this is a recent (4-5 years?) skill that I acquired, not burning water and I enjoy food beyond it being basic sustenance. I reserve the right to write about any topic willy-nilly, heh.

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