This is the Original Post by founding Tea Party Girl, Jenny Wells.
First published on this blog on 18 September 2007
Updated by current custodian Tea Party Girl, Sonya Michelle.

If You Could Take Tea with Anyone…

whom would it be?

Think about it for a moment. Whom would you most like to sit down with for an uninterrupted hour or two?

Imagine the setting. Is it a sun-room with upholstered wicker chairs and daisies in a vase? A front-porch swing with a painted railing to put up your feet? Or maybe you would set the tea table up next to a roaring fire in a mahogany-paneled study with leather wing-backs and a sleeping cat.

Now, close your eyes and see yourself in that setting. Who sits with you? Maybe it’s someone you’ve never met before, like an author of a favorite book; yet you’re at ease because you somehow know they’ll be a comfort to you. What would you want to talk about? What questions would you want to ask? (more…)