Tea for Ten was the name of the ladies club my grandmother belonged to in the 1960s and 70s. A group of rural South Dakota farm wives met in each other's homes on Saturdays for visiting and light refreshments. One of my first memories is providing the ladies with entertainment at the age of 3, with a rendition of Jolly Old St. Nicholas.
I like to think of the Tea for Ten ladies looking forward to getting together for a few hours to chat and laugh and then returning to the work of their lives, work which is for the most part unimaginable to me and my contemporaries (butchering chickens! separating cream! baking bread!) a little bit more light-hearted for knowing that other ladies shared their situation.
My own Tea for Ten ladies are women I've met in various settings - high school and college, playdates during my SAHM years, professional settings - and I've connected with over the absurdities of modern mothering, the disbelief that we are in fact growing older, or the questions, ideas, and philosophies that have shaped us on our journeys. This blog is for my ladies (some of whom might not even know that they are a part of the club) to share the books they've pondered, enjoyed as a guilty pleasure, or thrown across the room. May you leave a little more light-hearted and possibly inspired to bake something delicious.
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