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The Artful Teapot: 20th Century Expressions from the Kamm Collection explores the teapot - a nearly universal domestic item - as a vehicle for artistic expression. This comprehensive and highly original exhibition features 250 teapots by over 100 internationally known artists, including Michael Graves, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, George E. Ohr, Cindy Sherman, and Beatrice Wood. The exhibition opens Nov. 25, 2005 and runs through March 5, 2006 at the Peabody Essex Museum.

The Artful Teapot demonstrates how the teapot can be provocative, playful, and profound as well as conventional. Addressing aesthetic, social, and political issues, the exhibition examines the teapot’s ability to be more than just a device to serve tea.

Property left unclaimed in safety-deposit boxes goes on sale online today, as Massachusetts turns to the Internet to auction off items ranging from a Revolution-era silver mug to a Mickey Mouse watch.
The state Treasurer’s Office, after years of using traditional auctions to dispose of the items, will peddle the goods - essentially tax-free - through online auctioneer eBay.

“eBay allows us to reach more potential bidders and, ultimately, bring in more money for the state,” said Alison Mitchell, spokeswoman for Treasurer Timothy Cahill.

Proceeds go into the state’s general fund. Officials hope to net “several hundred-thousand” dollars, Mitchell said.

After blogging on the relaxing properties of a tea bath in our last entry, we thought we’d go the whole hog and preach the benefits of tea for your garden! Sounds bizarre sure, but a compost brew can work wonders for your yard, apparently…

What could be nicer on a chilly fall afternoon than preparing a pot of tea? Readers’ preferences might include Earl Gray or Red Zinger, among others.

Gardeners might suggest a preference for brewing compost tea. It is not a tea enjoyed with your favorite cookie, but one better suited for nurturing and nourishing plants.

Here in Devon winter has definitely arrived, with a layer of frost slowly melting in the sun, and office heaters going at full blast through the county. So we thought it was the time to talk of warmer things, and found this article on baths and the benefits of using teabags to herbalise your bath water! The article was taken from Saanich News and was written by Pam Empelmayr…

It’s that cold/flu season again and the flus are getting nastier.

Herald the development of a new tourism destination… something that’s remained unknown even to experienced travellers. If the project by McLeod Russel India Ltd takes off successfully, tea estates in India could be the most sought after tourist destinations in the future.

McLeod Russel, of the BM Khaitan Group of Kolkata, has developed a project at the Addabari Tea Estate in the Ballipara division of Assam. The tea garden is located in the eastern part of the State and the area is serene and beautiful. It is approximately 250 km from Guwahati, and about five hours by road. You feel refreshed even as you drive through the verdant tea gardens, set against a blue autumn sky along the undulating road in the lap of the Himalayas.

Written by David Rice from Journal Raleigh Bureau and taken from journalnow.com

The foundation that receives half of North Carolina’s tobacco-settlement money voted this week to award $10.8 million in grants to 54 projects across the state, including $220,000 for the Sparta Teapot Museum.

“These grants are focused on getting jobs, on other options for people who want to stay in agriculture - very much about preparing people for whatever new economy is coming,” said Valeria Lee, the president of the Golden LEAF Foundation. “We looked for those possibilities that would show up in a person’s pocketbook.”

Breaking the coffee habit in favor of tea is tough and seems to involve several challenges.

The first is trying to remember that I want to drink tea.

It is so automatic, so American, I suppose, to say yes to coffee when asked in a restaurant. I doubt if I will ever switch from coffee to tea in the morning.

Does a waiter ever ask if you would care for tea? Perhaps in England that is a standard request, but certainly not here. Exceptions are Chinese restaurants where a pot is brought to the table.