My Favorite Thrift Store Mug
Photo by Amy LV
Students - Sometimes small and simple objects and foods and drinks are best. Sometimes it feels good to just write a few lines about one thing that makes you happy. Tea is simple, and tea makes me happy.
I like to drink tea. Tea is easy to make and cozy to drink. And to make tea, all you need to do is to heat up some water in a kettle or a pot or a mug and then steep tea leaves in the water using a tea ball or teabag. After a few minutes, the flavor of these leaves has entered the water and...there it is...tea! Some people mix sugar or milk or honey with their tea, but I mostly drink it plain.
Which simple foods or drinks or objects make you happy? You may wish to make a list of such happiness-things, a list you could write from now or return to later. When we write about the small things that bring us joy, we have the chance to relive them on paper. And in doing so, our writing will feel joyful too.
If you wish, feel free to copy the below phrase and then fill in the second half with your own words.
I like the simple fact of....
After your writing takes off, you may end up crossing out those first six words or you may keep them, but sometimes beginning with a phrase can get a writer started.
But back to tea. Tea comes in many flavors, and various tea bags, boxes, and tins are decorated in different ways. Some people make crafts with tea bag wrappers, and I adore this decoupaged box made and given to me by my teacher and friend Valerie Bang-Jensen. It is one of my treasures.
Decoupaged Tea Box by Valerie Bang-Jensen
Photo by Amy LV
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