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Growing up around powerful men prepared Dickinson for a life of the same, but society dictated that, as a woman, she was relegated to seemingly less meaningful ventures. Her anger at this slight comes across in her poetry and letters where she explored complex ideas of meaning and self while examining the smallest details of the world around her. She withdrew herself from society and lived in relative solitude until her death. Only a few of her poems were made public during her lifetime, but four years after her demise, a collection of poems was published and met with popular and critical acclaim. Her poems reveal a complicated mind that examined itself with as much attention to detail as it examined the world. Dickinson's defiance of categorization and simplification make her a popular poet to study even today.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn the years she spent away from society, Emily Dickinson cultivated an extensive garden. 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He spent his happy childhood under the tutelage of his Reverend father, and enjoyed creating fantastical stories for his ten siblings. It was not until after he had graduated university and became a lecturer of mathematics that he met Alice Liddell. He would entertain her and her sisters with the absurd stories that he later published as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. 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Maya Angelou was a true Renaissance Woman. Born Marguerite Johnson, Dr. Maya Angelou has inspired millions around the globe. Her honest, witty, insightful books and her uplifting poetry and prose give us a fresh way to look at the world around us.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCreating a blend to honor Dr. Maya Angelou has been a nerve wracking task. How do you honor the sun, the stars, the moon, a goddess? To create her blend we looked back at the early writings of Dr. Angelou and found lots of lovely tasting clues in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and from the cookbooks she wrote in her later years. One of the flavors in this blend is pineapple:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“… for every bad judgment, the fine was no silver wrapped kisses, the sweet chocolate drops that I loved more than anything in the world, except Bailey. And maybe canned pineapples. My obsession with pineapples nearly drove me mad. I dreamt of the days when I would be grown and able to buy a whole carton for myself alone.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOur next flavor inspiration, vanilla, came from young Marguerite’s interaction with a lady in her town, Mrs. Bertha Flowers:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The odors in the house surprised me. Somehow I had never connected Mrs. Flowers with food or eating or any other common experience of common people. There must have been an outhouse, too, but my mind never recorded it. The sweet scent of vanilla had met us as she opened the door. “I made tea cookies this morning.\" ... The sweet vanilla flavor was still on my tongue and her reading was a wonder in my ears. I had to speak. I said, “Yes, ma’am.” It was the least I could do, but it was the most also.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe rest of the blend fell in to place once those two main flavors appeared. A little natural orange flavor, a few cloves, some hibiscus, orange peels and blossoms .... et voila! The brewed cup is a delicately balanced blend with a reddish amber color and a fruity, heady, sassy taste. The combination of pineapple, vanilla and orange dance playfully on the tongue. The addition of cloves brings a new depth to this taste, while the hibiscus adds to the fruity flavor and adds a reddish tinge to the amber cup. There is a mild astringency and a lingering fruit\/spice taste on the tongue.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIngredients:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Black teas from China and Sri Lanka, hibiscus flowers, orange peel, cloves, orange blossoms, natural pineapple flavor, vanilla flavor, and orange spice flavor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCertified Kosher\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBrew tea at 212º - steep for 3 minutes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Ounces of loose tea makes approximately 50 cups of tea.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cu\u003eA small sampling of works by Maya Angelou:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/u\u003eBooks:\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eGather Together in My Name (1974)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heart of a Woman (1981)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAll God's Children Need Traveling Shoes (1986)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Song Flung up to Heaven (2002)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eChildren's books\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLife Doesn't Frighten Me (1998)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMy Painted House, My Friendly Chicken and Me (1994)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eKofi and His Magic (1996)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eMaya's World series (2004)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoetry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eJust Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnd Still I Rise (1978)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eI Shall Not Be Moved (1990)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"On the Pulse of Morning\" (1993)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhenomenal Woman: Four Poems Celebrating Women (1995)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ePersonal essays\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (1993)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eEven the Stars Look Lonesome (1997)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eLetter to My Daughter (2008)\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCookbooks\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eHallelujah! 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Born in 1817 in Concord, Massachusetts, Thoreau was influenced through his studies at Harvard as well as his association with learned thinkers like Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, Bronson Alcott, Ellery Channing and Nathaniel Hawthorne.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEncouraged by Channing in 1845 to \"Go out upon that, build yourself a hut \u0026amp; there begin the grand process of devouring yourself alive.\" Thoreau built a house on the shores of Walden Pond, land owned by Emerson, where he would spend the next two years. 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