TeaLife Audio

Hosts - Adam - Aaron - Ula - Marius

Main Topic - Toriawase

Poem 79. 釣船はくさりの長さ床により、出船入船浮船としれ tsuribune wa kusari no nagasa toko ni yori, de-bune iri-bune uki-bune to shire A 'floating boat' vase evokes the sea for which it hankers Adjust its chain to evince an outgoing ship, incoming ship or ship at anchor

Hosts

• Adam
• Anthony
• Marius
• Ula

Topic: Midorikai OneWorld Chakai 3rd of May

Poem

78. 花見よりかへりの人に茶の湯せば、花鳥の絵をも花も置くまじ hanami yori kaeri no hito ni cha no yu seba, kachō no e o mo hana mo oku maji

When receiving guests For chanoyu fresh from a Flower-viewing foray Avoid nature paintings and flowers in your alcove display

Hosts:

• Ula
• Marius
• Adam
• Anthony
• Aaron

Main Topic - Gifts and Culture

Poem

77. 時ならず客の来らば点前をば心は草にわざを慎しめ toki narazu kyaku no kuraba, temae o ba kokoro wa sō ni waza o tsutsushime

An unannounced guest is no cause for dismay, With an honest temae, allow spontaneity to be the order of the day

Hosts

• Adam
• Anthony
• Marius

Main Topic - Hygiene

Poem 76 掛物を掛けて置くには 壁付を三 四分透し置く事と聞く

kakemono wo kaketeoku ni wa kabetsuki wo san yon bu tōshioku koto to kiku

When hanging a scroll It should sit away from the wall by 3 or 4 bu Being gentle with one's things Trains the spirit anew

Hosts - Adam - Anthony - Marius

Topic - Tea Room Lighting

75. 三幅の軸を掛けるは、中を掛け、軸先を掛け、次に軸本 sanpuku no jiku wo kakeru wa, naka wo kake, jikusaki wo kake, tsugi ni jikumoto

A set of three scrolls Are hung in an order thus: First hang the centre Then the last scroll & conclude Back at the first scroll, no fuss

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Hosts

• Gabriel
• Ula
• Marius

Main Topic

Vulgarity

Poem

Koita nite koicha o tateba chakin oba koita no hashi ni oku mono zo kashi

If you are making koicha and using a small board, know to place the chakin on the edge of the small board

小板にて濃茶をたてば茶巾をば小板の端におくものぞかし

Host

• Marius

Guests

• Tjaša Čelan
• Jaden Young Freeze

Topic

• Midorikai in 2019
• November

Information referenced

• Mizusashi Piruet Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vhs2qtVsEuA

Host: - Marius

Guests - Lindsey - Olga - Mereca - Aino

Topic: 100, 40, 30 and 15 years anniversary in Finland.

Host: - Adam

Topic: Translation tea documents

100 Poems of Chanoyu・Poem #47

余所などへ花をおくらば、其花は開きすぎしはやらぬものなり yoso nado ni hana o okuraba, sono hana wa hiraki sugishi wa yaranu mono nari

Remember this tune when gifting flowers to the host of chanoyu: Flowers at or past full bloom have no place in the tea room

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Hosts - Ula - Marius

Main Topic - Chaji with one guest and one host

Poem 74 三つ釘は中の釘より両脇と二つわりなるまんなかにうて Mitsukugi wa naka no kugi yori ryowaki to futatsu warinaru mannaka ni ute.