Balance

Hi,

The weather started out like any other day, and then something happened.  Wind happened, lots of wind that blew away some of the smoke and brought a few drops of water.  More on this later.

‘Easy Monday’ was “You’ve Got a Friend” as sung by James Taylor.  It was also written and sung by Carole King.  Now we get busy with this week’s ‘Zany Day’ song.  It’s from 1967, by an American icon who was in England at the time, so I guess you could say it came from across the pond.  “After all the jacks are in their boxes, and the clowns have all gone to bed.  You can hear happiness staggering on down the street.  Footprints dressed in red.  And __ __ __ __.”  Clue: If you followed R&R during this era, you probably know this song.  It’s a purple hazy reflection on something that happened and there’s crying involved.

This afternoon we went into town to pick up Lisa's outfit for the dinner event on Saturday.  We made a couple of stops on the way home and then we had a weather experience like no other.  The sky had been looking darker than usual, but there were no rain clouds.  In fact, the sky was a blank gray slate.  As we made the turn onto the long road that leads to our bridge we saw tiny leaves swirling around and it seemed like a big gust of wind.  As we passed the golf course we were surprised that anyone would be out in what was more of a wind storm than a gust.  Over the bridge, in our neighborhood, it was really blowing and all of the merchants were closing their open-front shops.  The dust was flying and tree branches were being tossed around.  A few drops of water landed in the pool to let us know that it ‘rained’ briefly.  The end result of all of this was light trash in the pool and cooler, better smelling air.  The weather sites said it was a 38 mph wind from the north.  We actually opened the windows and let it in.  We haven’t done this in a long time.  

Cat spent the day with a friend and her family up in Chiang Sen, near the Golden Triangle.  When she called she told us they had a big wind storm.  Hmm, same wind working it’s way south.

Natcha has been bringing Neetchanan over for a visit every afternoon.  It’s great because we get to see the daily changes.  She is very alert and responds with little smiles and vocal sounds.  This evening Lisa got to hold her and they had a nice communication.  

Today’s photo is more wall art from the new shop downtown.  Based on the graphic, I’m guessing they’ll be serving drinks and snacks.

Time to start deciding what to take on our overnight trip to Chiang Mai.  It seems like it’s harder to pack for the short trips than it is for the long ones.  Oh well, most of the time will be spent in the car so it really doesn’t matter (555).

Feels like a Wacky Wednesday.

                 Peace,

                           Danny

“Life is a balance of

holding on and letting go.”

~Rumi