Peace

Hi,

Well, we made it home.  The trip was it’s usual long self, made longer by the fact that we were both getting over wicked winter colds.  More on our return later.

There were a couple of true fans of the 'Easy Monday’ song.  It’s by a group that uses the elements in their name.

“__ __ come into view, shine it’s watchful light on you, yeah.  Gives you strength to carry on, make your body big and strong.  Born a man child of the sun, saw my work had just begun, yeah, found I had to stand alone, bless it now I’ve got my own, oh yeah.  You’re a __ __, no matter who you are.  Shining bright to see what you can truly be…"  Clue:  There are many on Hollywood Blvd.

Because we left LAX very late on Sunday night, my ‘clock’ was totally confused by the time we reached Taipei.  Today I was confused would be an understatement.  We had a brief stop, made even shorter since it took us about 15 minutes to walk to our gate.  Taipei to Bangkok seemed like it would take forever.  When we got to BKK it was late morning and we had a 1pm flight to Chiang Rai.  This was not like other trips where we had hours to relax, get a massage, eat a meal, etc.  It was busy on the ground.  

As we boarded our last of 8 planes we take each trip, we saw that they were changing a tire on one of the left wing wheels.  OK, I didn’t need to see that.  We still took off close to the right time and got to Chiang Rai on time.  I have the utmost faith in the people who service and fly the planes, it’s just a little weird to realize that things like that happen.  An interesting bit of trivial info:  On our flights to the States, the enhanced coach sections were practically empty.  On this trip the planes were all full.  Hmm, the end of vacations.

When we got to The Big Brown House we could tell that the weather had been dry and nature was responding.  The Teak trees across the street were looking bare and the street and our yard were covered with the giant leaves.

Natcha was waiting for us with JaiDee in the back yard.  She was holding him, with Nitchanan on her back, hoping to keep him from jumping up too much.  The first thing we noticed was how big he is.  He’s taller, thicker, and his fur is longer.  Cat also mentioned that he’s stronger.  She took him for a walk and he said, ‘Just follow me Cat’.  He’s 6 months old and more mature, sort of.  He couldn’t get enough petting.  Here, he’s playing with a new toy sent to him by our friend and his, Eiko.  It’s ‘Lambchop’ and he loves it.

Have a Happy Tuesday.

                       Peace,

                                 Danny

“It isn’t enough to talk about peace.

One must believe it.  And it isn’’t enough

to believe in it, one must work at it.”

~Eleanor Roosevelt