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Hi,

Chiang Rai went through a whole weekend without rain. We went to an art show, saw new sights, got a new plant, and found that we have bats in our belfry.

'Old School Friday' was the unforgettable "Ten Commandments of Love" by Harvey & The Moonglows. Put on your dancin' shoes 'cause it's time for 'Easy Monday'. "First I was afraid, I was petrified. Kept thinking I could never live without you by my side, but I spent so many nights thinking how you did me wrong, I grew strong, I learned to carry on..." Hint: A three word title declaring that life will go on. Remember disco? Tomorrow's lyrics will make it clear.

Saturday night was the opening of an art exhibit of a friend of ours. It was a fun evening, made even more fun by the fact that we knew so many people there. The show was a wide range of styles and mediums covering many years of work. One of the most interesting things about the evening was the realization that in a small town the degrees of separation are probably less that six. We kept finding out that people we knew were friends with other people we knew.

Sunday night we went to the Night Bazaar for dinner. Earlier in the day at Big C, we had run into the owner of the restaurant and his daughter. She had been playing in the kiddie arcade while her mom shopped upstairs. That evening after we had finished our dinner, the father came out to ask how our meal had been. He does most of the cooking. We ended up having a long discussion about the state of the economy, politics, and life in Chiang Rai.

This morning, when we went downstairs to start the day, Daku saw something on the screen of the back door. At first I thought it was a frog, but frogs don't climb the screens. It was a small bat that was between the glass door and the screen door. We got Daku distracted enough to go outside to handle his morning business. He always gallops back to the house for his breakfast. That gave me a chance to free the trapped bat. I watched it fly around in a sort of figure eight, always going to the eaves of the upper roof, and then flying out again. It finally went under one of the tiles of the roof. Hopefully, tonight it will reunite with the rest of the group and be alright. Hmm.

This afternoon our friend Kay came by with a plant for us. Apparently Lisa had admired it the last time we were at their house for dinner. We had done a 'garden walk' before dinner. It was a very nice surprise. We planted it in the front. She told Lisa it will get very big. Time will tell.

The other day, as I was waiting to pull out of the driveway, a guy drove by on a motorbike with an interesting helmet on his head. It was a Dallas Cowboy football helmet, complete with face-guard. I just shook my head and chalked it up to ingenuity. Not on the approved list, but it probably saved him from getting a ticket.

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"To do the useful thing,
to say the courageous thing,
to contemplate the beautiful thing:
that is enough for one man's life."
~T.S. Eliot

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