Member: krishh

Krish,

I'm in NYC right now and have a chance to buy Becaud's book (sorry, no accent marks on this computer); is it worth it. It looks like it covers some lesser covered material, but a reviewer on amazon.fr gave it a bad review. Thanks. Charles

posted by liao at 9:29 pm (EST) on Apr 15, 2010

Hello krishh,

I think you've mistaken me for someone who can read French. At any rate, thanks for the tip about reducing the tea until it thicker than water. I do have walnut ink, made from raw materials, so I was going to use that consistency as a guide.

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Making_Walnut_Ink

http://www.ehow.com/how_2101025_make-walnut-ink.html

http://home.insightbb.com/~denevell_books/making_walnut_ink.htm

posted by devans00 at 5:44 pm (EST) on Dec 13, 2009

Thanks for sharing the links. If they can make pen ink out of walnuts, why not tea? I liked those samples of calligraphy. I have some Billy Tea from Australia that's very strong. Maybe I'll brew some of that up and try to write with it?

I always think of myself as a techy who's also a tea fan and calligrapher. I guess I am a person who likes tea and ink, too.

Are you part of any Tea Meetups? It's a great way to check out a range of tea houses and tea shops around where you live with others who love tea. Here's a group I'm part of:
http://www.meetup.com/Lets-Go-to-Afternoon-Tea/

How about any calligraphy guilds?

posted by devans00 at 6:06 pm (EST) on Dec 12, 2009

Ha! cole-fleck-tion -- I didn't even notice until you pointed it out!! -- nice.

posted by SilentInAWay at 1:42 pm (EST) on Mar 29, 2009

Thank you. I like "waiting as in scole"; its ambiguous imagery reflects nicely on the psychology of waiting. Would you like for me to post it to the LibraryThing Haikus page?

posted by SilentInAWay at 12:48 pm (EST) on Mar 29, 2009

Hello krishh,

There's been a recent mini-outbreak of haiku on the topic of "Waiting for Collections" -- I thought, since you contributed a haiku in the past, you might want to join in the fun... Check out this thread and, of course, the LibraryThing Haikus page.

Silent

posted by SilentInAWay at 7:42 pm (EST) on Mar 28, 2009

Nice collection of books. I don't run into many people who are interested in both calligraphy and tea, like me.

posted by devans00 at 6:13 pm (EST) on Dec 24, 2008

Greetings, KH! I just perused your library and took a look at your T system. I tried to figure out a way to differentiate in my tea library between books that are really about tea (my actual interest) and books that are about serving afternoon tea, or use tea as a theme, etc. I finally just decided to rely on tags, and that way I can find (on my list and in real life) all the ones on chado, or all the children's books, or the mystery novels, etc. But I like the visual image of a book more or less filled up with T!

posted by uffish at 12:07 pm (EST) on Jul 1, 2008

:) Yes, that makes good sense.

posted by Eurydice at 10:58 am (EST) on Oct 7, 2007

Krishh,

Thank you. I wish I could understand it all! At least the thread of significance between the various desserts is clear, and I enjoyed seeing them, and thinking over the way edibles are named for the famous and things (like opera) in vogue. The Callas clip was a final pleasure.

What exactly is a souvenir day? I know similar terms, but not that one! :)

J.

posted by Eurydice at 10:05 am (EST) on Oct 7, 2007

My pleasure and thanks for the kind words. I had such a hard time writing poetically in pirate-speak (I pretty much had to settle for word play), that I wrote Raccoons just to confirm that the muse hadn't been offended.

Frankly, I'm surprised that, after the initial burst, there weren't very many more haikus submitted. Maybe the effortlessness of Tim's early contributions scared people off.

posted by SilentInAWay at 4:09 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Hi,

I copied your haiku from the Pirate Haiku blog comments to the Wiki.

I hope you don't mind.

posted by SilentInAWay at 3:17 pm (EST) on Oct 2, 2007

Thank you, Kris! It made captivating watching.

posted by Eurydice at 1:49 am (EST) on Aug 18, 2007

You have an admirable (and enviable) library on tea, and it deserves due honors. As I also appreciate calligraphy and origami, I could not fail to add you. :) Altogether, it's a unique, beautifully focused collection.

With my best wishes - and hoping to share more tea books with you, soon -

Julie

posted by Eurydice at 2:21 am (EST) on Aug 9, 2007