tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post5372639358330850763..comments2024-03-27T16:02:25.334-05:00Comments on Orange Crate Art: Tea “in times like these”Michael Leddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-84560084774766946902017-04-11T14:08:54.250-05:002017-04-11T14:08:54.250-05:00Thanks for the medical study and the Pym. I haven’...Thanks for the medical study and the Pym. I haven’t read that novel, but I can identify with Miss Statham.<br /><br />As Elaine points out to me, I am highly susceptible to old ads. I guess I’m not the only one. :)Michael Leddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05547732736861224886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8343608.post-37530668402381807312017-04-11T13:45:03.204-05:002017-04-11T13:45:03.204-05:00Oh, I love this!
I always thought it was silly in...Oh, I love this! <br />I always thought it was silly in British murder mysteries when someone is offered a cup of tea after they've discovered a dead body, but I read that it really does help calm a body... <br />Hm.<br />Just looked it up, and it seems part of the calm comes from the *ritual* of making tea--or the comfort of having it made for them:<br />""The present study shows that during periods of stress tea's reputation for inducing calm extends beyond the effects of its physical properties on our bodies and brains.""<br />from: www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160668.php<br /><br />Anyway, the other hand--- you've read <i>Excellent Women</i> by Barbara Pym?<br /><br />“Perhaps there can be too much making of cups of tea, I thought, as I watched Miss Statham filling the heavy teapot. <br />Did we really need a cup of tea? I even said as much to Miss Statham and she looked at me with a hurt, almost angry look, 'Do we need tea? she echoed. 'But Miss Lathbury...' She sounded puzzled and distressed and I began to realise that my question had struck at something deep and fundamental. It was the kind of question that starts a landslide in the mind.”<br /><br />*heads off to make herself a cup of Lady Grey*<br />Frescahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323129046492056942noreply@blogger.com