Enthusiasm

Hi,

We had a day without rain.  At times it looked like it was about to happen, but never did.  There was talk of thunder and that was delivered, but that was all.  

The ‘Easy Monday’ song was “On Broadway” by The Drifters, featuring Ben E. King and also by George Benson years later.  Let’s see if this ‘One-line Zany Day’ song rings a bell.  “Johnny’s in the basement mixing up the medicine, I’m on the pavement thinking ‘bout the government.”  Hint:  The title, if I’m translating properly, has to do with underground yearnings for an earlier time in life.  Or not.  The artist has been known to easily confuse the listener with his poems.

Yesterday I found a pink notice from the post office inside our mailbox.  It had been there for a long time and was partially eaten by who knows what.  This morning we went up to Ban Du to our main branch to see if we had a package.  We forgot the pink notice and they were unable to find anything but our current mail.  In the early years we never got mail.  Now we get things from Art Bridge, various stores where we shop, and the occasional ‘letter from home’ (555).  We’ll go back with what’s left of the notice and see if they can figure it out.  There was a snail sitting on the notice, which led Blue to observe:  'The real meaning of Snail Mail’.  

This afternoon we met our friend Atom at Chivit Tamma Da for a visit.  The place was jumping and they sat us in the solarium.  It was nice having the feeling of outside without the heat and the breeze off the river.  We spent over an hour talking and laughing and having a great time.  In the course of conversation, Atom told us about something called a ‘Cat Coffee’ shop.  There is an area inside the coffee shop with lots of cats and you order your coffee and then play with the cats.  She said they have them in Japan, where many people are not permitted to have pets in their small apartments.  Hmm, I’m very allergic to cats and I would die in a shop like that.   Oh well, it’s not like Chiang Rai doesn’t have any coffee shops (555).  Atom is going to give us some seeds to grow an edible flower that is very popular here in Thailand.  The petals are purple and are used in making everything from desserts to omelets.

Today’s photo was taken by Blue while we were outside at Chivit Tamma Da.  You can see that the river is not very deep, since the fisherman is standing on the bottom.

It’s hard to believe that it’s already time to book our flights back to the states for our Winter Visit.  Even booking this far in advance, we didn’t get the seats we wanted on the long flight over the ocean.  We like to have the two seats on the window side of the plane so we can ‘camp out’ without neighbors.  It’s possible that we can change them at the airport.  As to who got all the rest of the seat is anybody’s guess.  The answer from the airline was vague and puzzling.  We think the travel agents get an early priority.  It doesn’t stop the show, just makes it different.

It feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

                 Peace,

                           Danny

“Enthusiasm is the most 

important thing in life.”

~Tennessee Williams