Mrs. Teabody Greets the Day

On the road again Just can't wait to get on the road again The life I love is making music with my friends And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Goin' places that I've never been Seein' things that I may never see again And I can't wait to get on the road again On the road again Like a band of gypsies we go down the highway We're the best of friends Insisting that the world keep turning our way.- Willie Nelson Two weeks ago on a Thursday around noon a woman drove her Honda Pilot into the BB&T parking lot and parked. As she emerged from her car, she noticed her friend walking across Lincoln Way West carrying a purple suitcase. Almost simultaneously three other cars appeared  with one car parking along the  street and the others in the parking lot. From each car a woman emerged also carrying a suitcase.  All the women met and chatted animatedly at the back of the Honda and the door popped open

My love for sharing the joys of tea was born in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England in 1989 when I first experienced the delight of a perfectly-brewed tea served in a bone china cup and shared with a friend in a cozy environment. In 2003 I started my first tea-based shop in a small building adjacent to our home in the Meadow Grounds. Over the next several years, I hosted tea parties, spoke at tea events and took classes to further my knowledge regarding tea. Simultaneously, I started visiting trade shows in New York and Atlanta to find exquisite and imaginative gifts. In 2011, I retired from my job as a high school English teacher and started my full-time occupation as proprietress of Tickle Your Fancy Gifts and Tea at 110 Lincoln Way West in the historic Albert Stoner building,  a beautifully preserved 1899 Italianate building owned and maintained by Glenn R. Cordell. I also began writing my blog, Mrs. Teabody Greets the Day in which Mrs. Teabody is my alter-