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Month: October 2016

Larger than Life

Posted onOctober 23, 2016October 21, 2016Leave a comment

The great thing about being away from home is that every memory does not have to be permanent.  The hand being bitten by the mouth that fed it, is more surreal than the idiom ever Read More …

The Chao Phraya River

Posted onOctober 22, 2016October 21, 2016Leave a comment

A river, that serves as highway, drainage system and market place weaves around the perimeter of Bangkok and is connected by a series of canals that maintain water levels behind the various dykes, was more Read More …

Foot Wahing and Other Rituals

Posted onOctober 21, 2016October 20, 2016Leave a comment

The notice was clear!  The sign over the sink in the airport in Phuket pointed toward a much larger reality.  Having grown up in a culture where foot washing was a symbol of mutual service. Read More …

Mark-up, Mark-down and Special Pricing

Posted onOctober 20, 2016Leave a comment

On one of the older streets in Bangkok the glittering neon predicts the emergence of a city of lights. I took a moment, high risk as Margaret puts it,  to pose in the middle of Read More …

Bigger n Better

Posted onOctober 17, 2016October 18, 2016Leave a comment

Like in all debates, and we have endured our share this season, bragging rights become that cursed reality wherein our higher purpose is exposed for fickle narcissism. Our self-love or our love of our own Read More …

Elephants, Peddlers and Paddlers

Posted onOctober 16, 2016October 17, 2016Leave a comment

They tried draw my attention to the elephant outline, ok shape, maybe just tusks, alright use your imagination — in the cave stalagmite stone was a formation, that like with the classic roschach ink-blot test, Read More …

Straight and Twisted LInes

Posted onOctober 15, 2016October 12, 2016Leave a comment

The straight lines that control the parachute used by parasailers gets twisted with every landing.  The colours speak of a vibrancy that would make the straightest person blush bright red.  And there, the monkey, gets Read More …

One Size Fits All

Posted onOctober 14, 2016October 12, 2016Leave a comment

The image of the tangled wires and the signage for the medical clinic and three tailors is a flash back to an era when everything fit or was made to fit your own size. Or Read More …

Rescue Me

Posted onOctober 13, 2016October 10, 2016Leave a comment

The rescue board at the lifeguard station was an early morning reminder of all that needs to be done. All the people that need to be rescued.  It was clearly time for a Naranon meeting Read More …

A Needle in a Haystack

Posted onOctober 12, 2016October 10, 20161 Comment

I just walked out of the sewing machine store with a belt for the Singer sewing machine I have been restoring at home.  This store had a 10 foot frontage.  Carried an inventory of new, Read More …

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