Most people don’t expect a woman to be blogging about “Men and Tea.” But, the first people to have influenced me the most about tea have been men, including my husband, three sons, step father (who lived to be 100) and my father-in-law. Tea never seemed like a girly thing to me. Just a civilized, [...]

It’s hard for me to describe what it’s like to be a father. I’ve only been a father for thirteen months, so I’m new to this thing, called “parenting.” My favorite parts of being a father are getting to play with Preston, seeing him giggle, watching him be the little fireball, funny, sneaky, playful person [...]