Breath

Hi,

It was one of those days, when something was in the air. The sky was clear, so it wasn't that. Hmm, oh yeah, drama was in the air. I'll fill you in, plus we'll celebrate Australia Day.

Your 'Easy' song was "Make It With You" by Bread. Always read the clues. Time for a trip back to the 'Summer of Love'. "I was born in Lil' Rock, had a childhood sweetheart, we were always hand in hand. I was hightop shoes and shirt tails, Suzy was in pigtails, I know I loved her even then...." Hint: The title is in six words that the singer couldn't see. You gotta know this one.

The last puzzle piece we've been needing for the art exhibit was a presenter. This is someone who introduces the artist. It is usually someone of civic/social prominence who hopefully, has a following or is a center of influence. We got a call today that the Governor of the Province agreed to do it. Then we found out that a letter had to be written, as a formality, requesting his presence. Later we were told that the letter had to be in Thai. That opened up a whole new set of 'stuff'. Our friend who was translating informed us that the letter we'd sent to her was not the proper way to address a politician. Changes were made, emails exchanged, phone calls exchanged until it finally got resolved. It took most of the day.

We've been following a lot of the Australian Open since we've become tennis fans. It's hard to believe that a few years ago we didn't know how to keep score and now we know the players and follow the Grand Slam tour, among others. Anyway, it's been an exciting trip so far. Today there were lots of fireworks as part of the Australian Day celebration. Little did they know that we were also about to celebrate here in Thailand.

The Dusit Island Resort is the first hotel we stayed in here in Chiang Rai on our first visit back in 2001. We still have many memories of that 3 day stay. This evening we met our friend Jaffee and went around to the back lawn of the hotel. There was a row of buffet tables set up with different food types on each table. There was a small stage with an Australian flag set up on one end. We had a table by the river, and could view the whole set up. The food was very good. Nice assortment, and more important, food we could eat. A solo musician who plays in the hotel pub, performed a long acoustic set of classics from several eras, all in English. We had a long conversation with the manager, who is a friend of Jaffee's. I'll fill you in on that conversation tomorrow.

Feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

Peace,
Danny

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the
moments that take our breath away."
~Unknown

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