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Hi,

It's getting down to crunch time as we prepare for our summer trip to America. We hit all the markets in town getting last minute items, and there's a story to be told. Stay tuned.

The weekend song was Marvin Gaye's "Can I Get A Witness". Oh, you should have known. Now it's Easy Monday:
"No more pencils, No more books, No more teacher's dirty looks..." Clues: He wore make-up when he sang this tribute to the end of something. Notice all the kids on the streets? Hmm.

There has been so much activity around the art show that had to be settled before we leave that we're just getting down to the serious packing. Translations had to be made from English to Thai and Thai to English. Decisions had to be made about many things, including photos, biographies, etc. The layout for the catalog is being produced by our dear friend Blue Johnson in America. He will then send the whole package via email to the printer in Chiang Mai. Oh my, ain't technology grand? It's all falling into place and we'll be able to travel without too much anxiety. (Ha)

Sunday we had our usual lunch at Big C and then went to the downtown market for a few things. In the course of our 'looking' we went to a stall that sold Buddhist amulets. The man motioned for me to follow him through the back of his stall to an unknown location. Lisa followed us and then I heard her exclaim. Scampering across the aisle was a rather large rodent. Lisa managed to jump over it as it ran past. Everyone laughed, as is the custom, and then we came upon a cat and Lisa told it that there was some 'work' for him on the other aisle. That gave us a laugh of our own.

Today we went to the frame shop to get some of Lisa's pieces ready for the show. Things were going smoothly until we discovered he didn't have a matt color that we needed. Now we have to see if there's another source for the matt here in Chiang Rai. If not, we may have to try and bring some back with us.

After the frame shop it was back to Big C to return some items and then off to look for something for me to wear to a wedding. We went to a shop across from our 'First Home', The Wancome Hotel, and found a beautiful Thai shirt. In the afternoon we took Daku to Dr. Arnon for another puppy shot. He now weighs 19 kilos (almost 42 pounds) and he's only 5 months old. Oh yeah, he's gonna be a big dog.

Now all we have to do is pack our bags and try and stay under the weight limits. Not like the old days. Weigh too much and they charge you. Hmm.

Have a Great Week.

Peace,
Danny

"Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress
what is evil; our great hope lies in developing what is good."
~Calvin Coolidge

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