Monthly Archives: January 2016

Life in Phanat Nikhom was far from easy, but Eid never complained.

We’ve had a spell of relatively cool, comfortable weather here this past week. It’s just as well it wasn’t too hot to work outdoors, as we’ve had to spend most of our time since Monday cleaning up after a local … Continue reading →

Another dig at Aung Zaw. P’Lao was always very close to Eid when they worked at the Irrawaddy together. I would not see P’Lao again until September of the following year, when she learned for the first time about Eid’s … Continue reading →

Idle observations on food while visiting Chonburi Hospital for Eid’s quarterly examination. While I was away, she had to go alone. It was always a stressful ordeal, with long waits and huge crowds, all for a perfunctory exam that never … Continue reading →

An old blog post, now deleted.

Eid’s Mom in the hospital.

Luckily, neither pet nor reptile died in this encounter. But others weren’t so fortunate. “So long, suckers,” he said with a slither and a flick of his tail.   A related post from later in the month:  

A visit with a Phanat neighbor. I’ve never been very mechanically inclined, so while the paramotor guy was looking at the grass cutter, I was busy taking Thai lessons from his pet myna. (Translation: “Have you eaten?” “Already finished!”) I … Continue reading →

Blogging at I-Din, our favorite coffee shop in Chiang Mai.