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Hi,

The weather is definitely heating up.  The nights are a little slow to catch up, but it’s getting better.  Rain would be a nice break right now.  Everything is getting very dry.

A few readers remember this gem from way back when.  Our ‘Easy Monday’ song may come back after these lines.

“Don’t you know little fool, you never can win?  Use your mentality, wake up to reality.  But each time that I do just the thought of you makes me stop before I begin ‘cause __ __ __ __ __ __.”  Hint:  It’s when something is embedded, becomes a part of you.  It is not an epidermal problem, it’s becomes worse than that (555).

This morning the yard people came to clean things up.  There hasn’t been enough rain for the lawns to be very tall, but other things went a little wild.  Our coconut trees have gone, pardon the pun, nuts.  The last thing we need is falling coconuts, which was starting to happen.  The banana trees also have been prolific.  Things have been pruned and propped and it looks much better.  

Blue, Lisa and I went to Art Bridge to see the Drawing Exhibit that opened last Saturday.  Some of the work was amazing.  The detail that some artists put into their work boggles the mind.  After viewing the works, we went down to the restaurant for lunch.  It was nice, sitting by the water, listening to Smooth Jazz and reminiscing about various events from our youth.  Blue and I ended up talking a lot about our junior high and high school days.  Blue noticed that the rice fields near Art Bridge were a tan color.  This is a sign that the rice may not have survived.  The fields need to be submerged in water.  If the farmers can’t get water the rice dries out and dies.

Our friend Kwan came by in the afternoon to look at some of Lisa’s art.  She wants to hang some at The Wanderer.  We spent time at the dining room table learning more about coffee in Thailand, a little Doi Chaang history, and some of the plans for The Wanderer.  Kwan explained coffee brewing techniques and how they affect the flavor of the drink.  It was almost too much information to absorb in one sitting.  She left with three works from Lisa’s Sail Boat series.  The family already has three of her works so she will be ‘in the house’.  

Today’s photos are from Pattaya.  The first is near sunset, looking out from our 6th floor room.  You can see Koh Phai in the distance.  It’s the larger of a group of islands that are often destinations for tours.  The second photo is part of the coastline next to the hotel.  

Lisa and Cat are in town getting massages as I write to you.  It’s near the end of Cat’s senior year and there is not much homework being handed out.  There is studying to do since she will have final exams for two days after graduation.  Please don’t ask me to explain that one.

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                   Peace,

                             Danny

“Things which matter most

must never be at the mercy 

of things that matter least.”

~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe