Love

Hi,

Our last day in the States was a little cooler.  It was also dry, which will not be the case when we get back to Thailand.  It’s been raining and looks like that’s the plan for the rest of the week.

The ‘Easy Monday’ song appears to be just that.  So many responses, and there’s still time for more.  

“He used to carry his guitar in a gunny sack, go sit beneath the tree by the railroad track.  Oh, the engineer would see him sittin’ in the shade, strummin’ with the rhythm that the drivers made.  The people passing by, they would stop and say, ‘Oh my, but that little country boy could play’.  Go go, go __ go.  Go go, go __ go…__ __ __”.  Clue:  The title is a play on words.

We’re sitting in the Star Alliance Lounge at LAX, waiting for our flight.  It’s almost 11:15pm, we leave at 12:50am.  We had enough miles to upgrade to Business Class for the long flight over the ocean.  The ticket person also gave us ‘Pre-Check’ status, which meant we had no long line, got to keep our shoes on, and didn’t have to take out the computers.  It’s a lot of work doing all those things (555).  

Earlier in the day we went to Emerald Thai and had a bite to eat, but mostly visited with our friend Nid.  The place was empty, so he could relax and chat.  He gave us a sense of how it is in the area as it relates to small businesses.  We did manage to have some laughs.  Nid taught us our first Thai words back in 2001, when we told him we were going to his homeland.  At one point, Lisa ask him if there was a temple he went to and he said no.  The nearest was in North Hollywood.  Then he explained that they had a Buddha at the house and that is where they prayed.  He told us that Buddha is in the heart so it doesn’t matter where one is.  

We were ready to go way before time.  Bags were packed, etc. so we had lots of time to hang out with The Boys.  August has an app on his phone that lets you take a photo of yourself, then change your age, gender, hair color, etc. We played around with that, found it a little unsettling and moved on, but what a thing to have when looking to waste some time (555).  

I’ll leave you with a photo from Jerry’s Deli.  Yes, it’s cake.  Some of the tallest slices of cake I’ve seen in years.  The cake we usually see isn’t that tall.  No, I didn’t have any.

Don’t know what day it will be when you get your next message.  It might work out that Taipei will be at the right time.  Too much to think about right now.  

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                        Peace,

                                  Danny

“Love is composed of a single soul

inhabiting two bodies.”

~Aristotle