Tools for Retooling

If you have been following the Oregonian coverage of the new phenomenon of bike rage, you may need the following recipe to help you reclaim your sense of familiarity with the world.

"Peaceful & Happy Tea

1 tsp. green or jasmine tea

1 tsp. rose petals

1 tsp. rooibos tea

1 tsp. dandelion leaves

1 tsp. lemon balm

1 tsp. chamomile flowers

1 tsp. crushed of sliced fresh ginger

1 tsp.  roasted brown rice and/or borage flowers

( What's a borage flower?)

1/2 cup fresh mint OR 1 tsp. dried peppermint

Add large pinch to 2 cups of just boiled water, and let steep for  2 - 5 minutes. Sweeten with honey and/or ginger candy."

This recipe comes from Sonia Gaemi, aka Dr. Sonia. To my surprise, all of the ingredients are either here in the house or growing in the yard. 

I theorized to Margaret that the easily enraged bikers were non-Oregonians. She theorized back that no, the easily enraged drivers are non-Oregonians. No one knows who all these infuriated people are. 

I am issuing an open invitation to them to come to the Fremont Street Center for Healthy Aging and drink some tea.