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 Hi,

OK, the weather in one word: COLD.  We stayed home all day, wrapped in layers of warm stuff.  At it’s coldest tonight (early in the morning) it’s going to be either 48° or 49°F, depending on who you believe.  We always get used to it just as spring arrives and it’s warming up.  

I am shocked that only two readers responded to the ‘Easy Monday’ song.  Here’s the second verse, it might help:

“__, down a crowded avenue.  Doin’ anything we like to do.  There’s always lots of things that we can see, we can be anyone we want to be, and all those happy people we could meet just __, on a Sunday afternoon…”  Clue:  The title is something akin to ‘chillin’ or ‘trippin’.  Taking things as they come and enjoying the moment.

We just got home from a birthday party for our dear friend Nukoon.  It was held in a private room at the Riverie Hotel, which is about 2 minutes from our house.  The dining room was part of the Chinese restaurant in the hotel, so it was dinner in the round.  Nukoon and his wife Sutheera are some of our oldest friends here in Chiang Rai.  We first met him in 2001 when we spent 3 days in Chiang Rai.  Tonight we remembered many events through the years and realized that next year will be 20 years of friendship.  The dinner was mostly things we don’t or can’t eat, so we ordered from the regular restaurant menu.  We ate Thai food and sampled some of the Chinese food that came around on the ‘Lazy Susan’.  Dinner conversation ranged from Covid to vaccines to birthdays.  There was also the usual family stuff that we understood only parts of and we were too courteous to ask too many questions.  Two of Nukoon’s grandchildren were there, offering a little comic relief.  The girls are 4 and 2 and were really excited about the singing of the birthday song and the cake.  After some rearranging of the 2 cakes (the 2 year old wanted a certain cake in front of her) we sang the song, they blew out the candles and calm was restored.  

As we were walking through the lobby on our way out, we noticed an ocean of color outside on the pool deck/patio.  Once again, a picture is worth…

The outbreak of the virus that I mentioned yesterday generated mail.  Note that the workers who were infected were not from Malaysia, but Burma (Myanmar).  The number has grown and has become cause for concern not only in the province on the coast, but Bangkok as well, since it’s right next door and a new case was discovered.  More will definitely be revealed.

Tomorrow it’s supposed to be warmer, which is good because we have things to do outside, as in ‘in the street’, etc.    

Have a Happy Tuesday.        Mask up, wash up, stay safe.

                        Peace,

                                  Danny

“Never be bullied into silence.

Never allow yourself to be made a victim.

Accept no one’s definition of your life;

define yourself.”

~Harvey Fierstein