Silence

Hi,

I have no idea what the weather is like outside.  We’re in the airport lounge in Taipei.  It looked like a nice day, the sun was just coming up when we landed.  We’re expecting mid 80’s in Chiang Rai with the ever present possibility of rain.  

The Easy Monday song was “Johnny B. Goode” by Chuck Berry.  He changed the lyrics so he could get it played on the radio.  “It was a teenage wedding, and the old folks wished them well.  You could see that Pierre did truly love the mademoiselle.  And now the young monsieur and madame have rung the chapel bell.  ‘C’est la vie’, say the old folks, ‘it goes to show __ __ __ __.”  Hint:  The title is a common phrase.

That pesky International Dateline always makes it hard to figure when to send mail.  Will it be today or yesterday?

I was going to take a chance and say ‘Hi’ from Bangkok.  We had a brief stop before flying up to Chiang Rai.  Actually, we had a tiny break in Bangkok, then realized that if I wrote you from home, the timing would work out right.

When we got to the line to go through the ‘’x-ray, conveyor belt madness", we saw a couple we know from Chiang Rai who were also returning home.  We had just talked about how we spent 2 weeks in America and saw no friends while we were out and about.  It used to happen all the time.  Our flight had to circle our home airport due to the volume of planes doing this and that (555).  As we were walking down the entry hall, finally, I saw a friend from my meetings on her way home to Canada.  Such a small world after all.

When we arrived at the house, Natcha and Nitchanan were just returning from school.  Nitchanan was very excited to see us and she told Lisa that she misses Daku and that he’s in the hospital.  She still doesn’t know.  I don’t know why, beside the fact that it would be difficult to convey the concept.  She is excited about the prospect of a puppy, so maybe there’s a connection.  More will be revealed.  Let me just say that it’s a difficult concept for all of us to absorb.  

Tomorrow we have to go to Immigration for our 90 day check-in.  We’ll have to do it before Mr. Lag does his check-in.  

I’ll leave you with a memory of the Taipei airport.  One of the newer installations that looks like it’s in progress was this large glass rabbit.

Feels like a Wacky Wednesday for sure.

                        Peace,

                                  Danny

“If you don’t understand

my silence, you will never

understand my words.”

~Unknown