Student

Hi,

The weather is in a new pattern.  We had overnight rain, and this afternoon we had a heavy downpour.  At some point the winds came up and blew some of the big leaves from across the road onto our front yard.  It’s a mess.

The ‘One-line Zany Day’ song had two readers who knew it.  I will leave you with the last line of the song.  It should jar you just enough to say, ‘I know that’.  “Don’t wanna be a bum, you better chew gum, the pump don’t work ‘cause the vandals took the handles.”  Clue:  The artist was considered a ‘Folk singer/poet’ in the beginning of his career and shocked his fans when he went electric.  He has sung about the wind, tambourines, and war.  

Today was the day we went to Immigration for our annual renewals.  Well, that was what was supposed to happen.  We learned that they only do renewals on Monday and Wednesday.  For good measure, the officer offered to look over our papers to make sure everything was in order.  It seems that they need a notarized letter from the U.S. Consulate stating how much we get in Social Security every year.  Hmm, that means we have to go to Chiang Mai to secure the document.  We will make the trip next Tuesday and renew on Wednesday.  It’s never as simple as imagined.

After we finished at the Immigration office we went back to the post office with the partially eaten pink notice.  As of this writing they are looking for whatever it was regarding and will call us if they find it.  Hmm.

We are fortunate to be having the kind of sporadic storms that are dumping on Chiang Rai.  In other areas, the rains come more often and flooding becomes a problem.  Here, it rains hard, soaks in or runs into the river, and by the next storm the ground is ready for more.  I would imagine that it’s better for some of the construction projects as well.  When it rains all day work has to stop.  

I found another interesting vegetable the other day at the Healthy Market.  I can tell you that it’s a bean pod about a foot long and the beans are used in a local soup.  I had never seen anything like it.

Speaking of veggies, my old friend Mr. Zucchini is back in town.  We’ve only found it in one store and we bought a bunch.   Yum.

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

              Peace,

                        Danny

“Take the attitude of a student:

never be too big to ask questions,

never know too much to learn

something new.”

~Og Mandino