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Hi,

It looks like winter blew in for a few days and then left.  Daytime temps are hitting 90°F with low 60’s at night.  What’s going on?

We left off mid verse in our ‘Jazzy Wednesday’ tune:  “Your daddy’s rich and your ma is good lookin’.  So hush, little baby, don’t you cry.”  Clue:  This song began life in 1938 and is still performed today.  I’m sure you’ve hummed it.

This morning we went to Chivit Thamma Da for coffee and food with our friend Lisa and her dad Win.  We always have a fun time with them.  Before they arrived I mentioned to the server that it seemed very busy (it was crowded at 9:30am).  She told us it was the beginning of a four-day holiday.  We didn’t know that.  It’s another one of the government ‘created’ holidays to encourage Thai tourism.  It seems to be working.  One of today’s conversation topics was genealogy.  With the dawn of computers and science, we all know a lot more about our ancestry.  The one thing that sets some history apart from others has to do with beginnings.  I pointed out that my family history begins at the shore of this continent.  Hopefully, one day it can go beyond that.

Today’s photo is from August of 2010 on Koh Lanta.  This was one of the most stunning sunsets I’ve ever seen.

Yesterday, at the vet’s, when it was time for JaiDee to go to the examination room, he made a direct dash for the front door.  Dogs have memories.  Last night was a rough night for our puppy.  The first part, he was very laid back. Then, whatever he was given to relax his foot wore off and he started doing that little ‘cry’ that dogs do when in discomfort.  He had rolled off of his cushion and was on the floor.  Lisa spent hours on his cushion, petting him and keeping him calm.  When she went downstairs, around 3am, I took over.  As long as I touched him, he was fine.  Today he’s doing much better, walking around and wanting to go with us every time we go to the back door.  He knows the routines that are a part of his world.  I keep telling him that this is just temporary.  

This evening JaiDee just knew he was going with us to the walking place.  You could see the disappointment on his face when we told him he had to stay at home.  The consolation was, he was going to stay with Natcha.  We went to walk early and tried walking in the same direction as everyone else.  It felt very weird.  When we oppose the traffic, we get to see faces and greet people.  Tonight that didn’t happen.  Two people asked us ‘where’s the dog?’.  One of those was our friend Dr. Nan, who came running up behind us with the question.  She is a real runner, and was training with her ‘team’.  Tonight was their final group training before a big race on the 29th.  They will run in a 104k (64.5 miles) race to another city and back.  Tonight they started at 6:30 and would run until midnight.  Whew.

Have a Thrilling Thursday.

                           Peace,

                                     Danny

“Every artist was first 

an amateur.”

~Ralph Waldo Emerson