Category: General
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What IS Tea?
MM, Awhile back, some people asked me what oolong tea is? Not quite sure myself, I jokingly said, “It’s from Oolong.” Afterwards though, I decided to look up oolong tea. This was not the first time I researched the subject of tea though. Awhile back, I was looking up what is packaged as “Chai Tea“.…
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How the Chinese and Japanese Count Your Age
MM, I came across this little tidbit while doing some reiki research. While it is true that in Chinese and Japanese culture a baby is considered to be one on the day of birth, it is not because age is counted from the date of conception. First of all, traditionally we wouldn’t know the date…
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One of those email quizzes
MM, Okay, I normally don’t do these quizzes. They get passed around so much around the internet and you end up answering the same questions over and over and over again. Since the quiz came through an email list I’m on, I decided to reply and answer the questions. Now, to avoid any further “let’s…
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Happy Dog Year and Imbolc
MM, It’s been a busy few days. The sabbat Imbolc is upon us and I attended two Imbolc rituals last week (Thursday and Friday). Saturday I had the last little bit of my Reiki course and then had to rush off to my mother’s for Chinese New Year celebration. (For those who don’t know, Chinese…
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Reiki Update
MM, I will be receiving my Reiki 3 (the so-called Master level, but I will be calling it a teacher level – please note that there is a difference between a Master and a teacher of something, even taekwondo makes a distinction) by the end of this month. In the meantime, I have finally gotten…
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Happy Gregorian New year
A personal review of the first half of this decade and prophesying the next year
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The Idiocy Often Called the “Superior Species”
City of Toronto wants to enforce pet licensing – let them know it’s a bad idea
Pneumatised! 