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Chapter 1

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Chapter 1  

A Family Day

1.1 Making Rosebud tea

Kayoko pokes and feeds the fire in the family room’s wood burner to chase away the November chill... 
She prepares rosebud tea.  Kayoko boils filtered water and preheats the teapot.  She places a medium amount of tea in the tea cups.  Peels the dried pointy bits and green leaves off the rosebuds  – both make the tea a bit bitter.  Three to four rose buds is enough.  She crushes them and mixes them with the tea in the pot, then slowly fills it up with hot water.  Mitchell has a maroon and Kayoko, a pink Limoges cup.  Kayoko ordered them from an importer of French porcelain. The cups must be warmed up in advance.  Ritual is important she knows, they open the inner eye up to invisible aspects of our existence…

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