Air

Hi,

Chiang Rai is still buzzing with visitors. The heat is still a topic of conversation, although it's going to get hotter. We did some very productive 'errand running' today and saw friends along the way.

I got lots of mail on this last song. If you still can't figure it out, I'm sure the full chorus will ring a bell. If not, oh well. "__ __ __, yeah, yeah, yeah. __ __ __, yeah, yeah, yeah. And with a love like that you know you should be glad.

(Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) Hint:

This morning started out with repair guys coming to the house to fix a bracket on our headboard. They were sent by the folks at the furniture store. When they finished I asked how much and they said no charge. Hmm. We gave them something for their work and they were very appreciative.

We went to Makro again today for the chicken parts that we feed the dogs. There were other routine things to get and observations to be made. Did you know that you can get various parts of a squid in separate packaging? Every time I cruise the frozen food area I learn more than I needed to know. Maybe next time I'll go to the cereal section.

Today was lottery day which meant that Boot was gone most of the day. Laa made us a good lunch, but her days of running a food stall caused her to pile our plates with more than we usually eat.

After a nap we went to Central Plaza to get some supplies for the art exhibit. We also shopped for a portable DVD player. We found one by a company that is based in Thailand and it will play discs from 'all regions'. Some players will only play things from a particular part of the world. It took a while to get the guys in the store to find the manual so we could check things out. Our next stop was the DTAC store, the carrier for Lisa's phone. After adding money to the phone she had them remove the code that allowed text messages in Thai from the company. They were constantly sending her texts from 'Happy Virus' with promotional deals for internet and games. Why would you want to call something from your company a virus? Oh well. Down in Top's Market we ran into our friend Eddie. He bought one of Lisa's cast acrylic prints at her last exhibit, and told us it's hanging in his new house. When we get back from Chiang Mai we're going to go see it. As we were leaving the Plaza we saw our friend Atom, who we thought we had said our final goodbyes to, so that was a neat surprise.

This evening Lisa had a Thai lesson and then we, or should I say 'she', baked a batch of cookies. I will take some on my trip to Pattaya this weekend. I'll be sending you the Friday message from there, with the help of 'hotel WiFi'.

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

Peace,

Danny

"The deepest hunger of the human soul is to be understood,

to feel heard, to feel validated ...
The deepest hunger of the human body is for air.
If you can listen to another person,
in depth, until they feel understood,
its the equivalent of giving them air."
~Steven Covey

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