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• Adam
• Marius

Guest:

• Rhonda

置合せ心を付けて見るぞ可し、袋の縫目 疊目に置け
okiawase kokoro wo tsukete miru zo kashi, fukuro no nui-me tatami-me ni oke

Place equipage
Together with discerning eyes –
Such care to align
The seam of a caddy’s pouch
With the weaves of tatami

Main topic: Making Ash

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Hosts:
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony

姥口は圍爐裏緣より六 七分低く据えるぞ習いなりける
ubaguchi wa irori-buchi yori roku nana bu hikuku sueru zo narai narikeri

For a kama with
A mouth like a toothless hag
Sink it below the
Hearth frame by six or seven bu
Learn this well at practic

Main Topic
– Tea Preparation
– And Leg Preservation

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Hosts
– Marius
– Aaron
– Adam
– Anthony

Poem
冬の釜囲炉裏縁より六七分高くすゑるぞ習ひなりける
Translation 1:
The rule is to set the winter kettle [so its lip is] six to seven bu (approx. 2 cm) higher than the ro frame.

Translation 2, by Adam:
In the colder months
Set the kama so its mouth
Rests higher than the
Hearth frame by six or seven bu
Learn this well at practice

Main Topic: Gomei

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Book: Braiding Sweetgrass

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Hosts
– Adam
– Marius
– Anthony

Guests
– Katie

Poem
品々の釜によりての名は多し釜の総名鑵子とぞいふ
Kettle names abound, as the name have to with each particular type of item, but the general term for kettle is “kansu.”

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– Marius
– Damian
– Anthony

Guests
– Lauren

Poem
外題あるものを余所にて見るときは先づ外題をば見せて披くよ
When you are at someone else’s place and look at a scroll that has an outer title label, firstly show that title label and then open the work.

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– http://chanoyu-to-wa.tumblr.com/archive
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– Anthony

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– Adam

Poem

床にままた和歌の類をば掛けるなら外に歌書をば飾らぬと知れ
If in the alcove you will hang a scroll of the type featuring a Japanese poem, know not to display poetry elsewhere, too.

Main topic: Student teacher relationship
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• Marius
• Anthony

Guest

• Adam

Poem

掛物の釘打つならば大輪より九分下げて打て釘も九分なり
If you are to affix a peg for hanging scrolls, affix it nine bu (approx.. 27 mm) below the edge of the ceiling; the peg, too, should be nine bu long.

Information referenced

• kuginuki mon n 釘抜紋 
• sangaibishi 三階菱
• Uedakiri mon 上田桐紋
• Asano Clan kaemon (2nd crest) 丸三引

Hosts
– Marius
– Anthony

Guest
– Ula

Poem
絵掛けものひだり右向きむこふむき使ふも床の勝手にぞよる
The use of a left- or right-oriented or frontal oriented pictorial scroll depends upon which side of the alcove is nearest the room’s service entrance.

Main Topic – Changing to furo

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• Aaron
• Marius
• Anthony

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• Ula
• Katie

POEM:
絵の物を掛ける時にはたくぼくを印ある方へ引きおくもよし

When hanging a pictorial scroll, it is also fine to pull the wrapping cord away to the side having the artist’s stamp.

Main Topic
Has Tea impacted on your relationships or how you approach relationships?

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– https://www.thingiverse.com
– Katies 3D at work is Ultimaker 2+ ( http://amzn.to/2pqlZFc ), which is the winner of this review in the Prosumer class: https://www.3dhubs.com/best-3d-printer-guide
– Katies filament: http://www.makergeeks.com/disafi.html
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– Anthony

POEM:
When hanging a bokuseki (calligraphic scroll by a Zen figure), by and large pull the wrapping cord aside towards the lower seat.

墨蹟をかける時にはたくぼくを末座の方へ大方はひけ
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