Oct 13, 20232 min readFriend and foeThis may sound dark, but my days consist of something highly cherished to me... not sucking. In a previous blog entry, I began to explain...
Aug 22, 20231 min readalmost thereDriving on the left. Steering wheel on the right. Narrower lanes. Motorcycles everywhere, weaving. There's a politeness, even in the...
Aug 22, 20233 min readOld friendI now feel like practicing études is a luxury. At first when I told people I was moving to Thailand for a year, I would only say that I...
Aug 6, 20231 min readMaxeseMax is doing it again. It's amazing. He is speaking extemporaneously in a language of his own devising. This time it's a variant of Thai,...
Aug 5, 20232 min readthial and errorYes, I have been working on my Thai. Oddly, being married to a Thai native for 18 years hasn't helped me speak or read Thai, except in...
Jul 27, 20231 min readstartingWarmth. Contrasts. Old and new. Joviality. Togetherness. I didn't know how accustomed I had become to this place. So much has happened...
Jul 24, 20232 min readgetting thereHere I am. Let's see if I can write a post without falling asleep first. You wanna know how I got here? Okay. First they told me I needed...