Become

Hi,

Chiang Rai experienced slightly cooler temps today.  We had a brief shower this afternoon which ended in time for a cooling swim.  

The ‘Zany Day’ song seems to be a bit of a stumper.  It’s by what might be called a ‘country novelty song singer/songwriter’.  I’m sure there is a better way to describe him, but that’s what comes to mind.  Verse three: 

“They say roses are red, and violets are purple.  Sugar is sweet, and so is maple surple.  Well, I’m the seventh out of seventy sons.  My pappy was a pistol, I’m a son of a gun.  __ __, __ __, they ought to take a rope and hang me.  High from the highest tree.  Woman would you weep for me.”  Hint:  The key word here is a polite word for another four letter word also beginning with a ‘D’.  Hmm.

This morning, after exercising Daku, we planted two lemon grass plants that were given to us by Khun Noot.  The smell is almost intoxicating.  She uses the plants to repel mosquitos and other insects.  Hmm, we may have to get more of these and put them all around the yard before the rainy season really kicks in.  

One of the most commonly heard phrases around here is ‘Mai me’, which means ‘no have’.  Today, at Makro, we heard that phrase while enquiring about Kimchi, a Korean side dish.  We were a little surprised that the staff didn’t know what we were talking about.  We’ll just have to do a more specialized search around town.  

We had better luck finding things at Browney’s Pet World.  Lisa bought a bunch of treats for Daku.  While she was gathering some of his favorites, Blue and I browsed the costume department again.  Did you know that there are Disney character clothes for dogs?  I did not know this.  Tiny little doggie princess dresses just made me shake my head.  It’s always fun to see what’s at Browney’s.

In our daily travels, we usually use the main road that leads to our house when leaving the downtown area.  There is a drink truck that parks in the same spot every day and it is our photo for the day.  It’s custom built to sell things from the side.  Trucks like this are popping up in Chiang Rai and are probably even more prevalent in Chiang Mai and Bangkok.  The age of the mini food truck has arrived.

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

              Peace,

                        Danny

“The important thing is this:

to be able, at any moment,

to sacrifice what we are for 

what we could become.”

~Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

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