Consent

Hi,

Well, today it was 90°F and it felt like it.  We’re watching the air-qualilty sites with more vigilance these days and noticing that the air is good in some places and unhealthy in others.  Today was a good day.

“Bangkok, Oriental setting, and the city don’t know what the city is getting.  The creme de la creme of the chess world in a show with everything but Yul Brynner.  Time flies, doesn’t seem a minute since the Tirolean Spa had the chess boys in it.  All change, don’t you know that when you play at this level, there’s no ordinary venue… __ __ __ __ and the world’s your oyster.  The bars and temples but the pearls ain’t free…”  Clue:  The first part is spoken, making it a bit like a cynical speech.  There are tons of clues there.

There has been wind in the afternoon for the past two days.  It’s not heavy, or destructive, it’s the kind of wind that humans like to play with.  Last night, as we were arriving at the ‘walking place’, I noticed a pick-up truck with a very large fan in the bed.  I remembered that parasails use this kind of fan for propulsion.  This afternoon I watched as two of them rose above the treetops from the direction of the same place.  It’s probably not a coincidence that the annual balloon festival will start this weekend.  Time to fly with the wind.

This morning we dropped by Work@Home for coffee.  Our friends Katai and Towan weren’t there so we enjoyed our coffee alone, literally.  The place was empty.  It was still pleasant, but it made me think about how this is happening in a lot of establishments.  Tourism is way down due to the virus and all the ripple effects.  It appears that it will be a major hit to the economy in many sectors, not just tourism.  Hmm.

Sometimes timing is everything.  Take today for instance.  Natcha had just made lunch and the cooking gas ran out.  We normally keep a spare, but somehow they were both empty.  She called ‘Gas tank guy’ and about 20 minutes later he arrived with two fresh canisters on his motorbike sidecar thing.  He replaced the used tank that was connected to the stove, left a spare and that was that.  

JaiDee odds and ends:  Before we went to the States in December, I found some music on Youtube that was supposed to be soothing for dogs.  While we were gone Natcha played one particular lullaby track that JaiDee seemed to like.  Now it’s the go to music when it’s nap time or overnight sleepy time.  It’s great, he curls up and drifts off to the music.  The only problem is, if you walk into the kitchen, you can walk out with it playing in your head.  Sometimes it jumps me when I’m upstairs and won’t go away (555).  Last night he was very thirsty after our play in the front yard, so Lisa gave him some water from the hose.  I didn’t know he liked that, and Lisa pointed out the it was Daku who didn’t like it.  He thought he was a boy.  We’re going to The Wanderer in the morning, JaiDee will be thrilled.

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                   Peace,

                             Danny

“No one can make you feel inferior

without your consent.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt