Reason

Hi,

We officially decreed today a bad air day.  When you can see the haze, and distant objects are a different color because of it, it’s just wrong.  We closed up the house and ran various machines.  Hmm, and we were doing so well.

Congrats to those who recognized the ‘Zany Day’ song right away.  I’ll just jump to the last verse so you can see how this all turns out:  “The motor cooled down, the heat went down, and that’s when I heard that highway sound.  The Cadillac a-sittin’ like a ton of lead a hundred and ten, half a mile ahead.  Cadillac lookin’ like it’s sittin’ still and I caught __ at the top of the hill.  __, why can’t you be true?  Oh __, why can’t you be true?  You done started back doin’ the things you used to do.”  Hint:  The name in the title is the same as a brand of make-up.  

Some of you miss episodes of our life here, so I’m going to fill in an important bit of information.  Neetchanon is the daughter of Natcha and Gong, our house/yard keepers.  She is 14 months old and she has stolen our hearts.  The three of them live in the apartment at the back of our house.  

This morning, after exercising Daku, we took Laurel to the airport for her flight to Bangkok and then America.  We ran some errands and got home in time to see the water truck make it’s 10am delivery.  I’m not sure just how many trips it made, but the pool is still not full.  I was told that two more tanks tomorrow should to it.  Meanwhile, the work is basically done.  

My photo account of our island trip would not be complete without showing you some food.  Today’s photo is the sandwich that was served on our Thai Smile flight back to Chiang Rai.  There is charcoal in the bread.  I didn’t eat it, but had to show you.  (555)

We had lunch today at The Wanderer with our friends Sandy, Ady, and their daughter Dylan.  They are about to take a trip to South Africa to visit family.  Ady told us about a prescription he was given for a cough that blew his mind.  The medicine was called ‘The Brown Mixture’.  It was a liquid containing, among other things, tincture of opium.  The instructions were to take up to four ‘glugs’.  And just what is a glug?  He said he didn’t cough and he felt pretty good.  We all laughed.  Of course he did.  The liquid mixture has been banned in many parts of the world for obvious reasons.  

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

                 Peace,

                           Danny

“Prejudices are what fools 

use for reason.”

~Voltaire