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June is Ice Tea Month and
it is a perfect time for some deck sitting and tea drinking. The weather is a
bit unseasonal here…it either rains some more or is humidly hot like late July
or August in times the sun peaks out. Still I run to the deck whenever possible
to soak up what bits of June I can savor. Glass after glass of frosty iced tea
and book after book of various genres make for celebrating this month.
Today’s choices have been
Harshaw (Harney and Sons) by the pot for breakfast and poetry manuals by Mary
Oliver and another by Ted Kooser. Then this afternoon it is a big pitcher of
Tetley’s Black and Green, a blend of two teas that is perfect iced. The afternoon
book is Bittersweet by Colleen
McCullough. This will be the first read for the book club’s new season in
August. So far it is a agreeable story of four sisters, two sets of twins,
studying nursing in 1926 New South Wales. The four distinct personalities are
just beginning to take shape as I read.
Two great quotes on tea
have popped up today that I will share.
“Edda
poured milk, Tufts stirred the teapot to speed up the infusion process. Then
cups brimming with teaming tea, they sat to enjoy the panacea for all woes.”
“What liquor is to most houses, strong tea is to the house of
healing,” he said…..”
While brewing this morning, I caught a great
segment on Sunday Morning, which is known for its coverage of art and
literature. The show profiled George Saunders, calling him the bestselling
short story of his generation. It took the man a while to find his niche in
life, much less writing. He said you have story when you have two characters,
one who life had treated well and another that feels shortchanged by life. Then
you have these two characters meet, friction occurs and a story is the inescapable
result.I intend to check out this author’s work soon.
Any readers of George
Saunders out there?
Happy reading and drinking
in June!
5 comments:
June is hot chocolate month here. And every month is tea time. Universal panacea.
Happy reading.
Hi Bookie...So glad you are enjoying the teas. Not familiar with Sanders. Sorry. Hope your week is wonderful! Susan p.s. I'm savoring every minute of June, too. Thanks for your visits.
Oh yes, to be able to sit outdoors and read and sip. My day is coming. Enjoy yours.
Well, I'm in the Deep South, so every month is a month for sweet tea. :) Restaurants serve iced sweet tea year 'round, though I don't keep it in my fridge until summertime hits. When we lived in Las Vegas we used to make sun tea all the time, and though I've tried to make it here and elsewhere, it never tastes as good as it did coming in out of the 110 degree heat of Vegas.
I drink tea year-round, and because I usually drag around my own personal sauna wherever I go (hot flashes) I usually prefer iced tea to hot tea.
I have never read anything by George Saunders, so now you've made me curious.
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