In this garden of life
I’m a simple weed, underachieving
Yet I can grow anywhere
And I’ll never stop believing
Happily, I join in chorus
As fellow weeds, we will survive
Take whatever is thrown at us
We’re just glad to be alive
I refuse to grow younger. I came by my decreptitude the hard way and I propose to enjoy it.
Jubal, Stranger In A Strange Land by Robert Heinlein
Gratitude Journal
I am so happy and grateful to be able to read all the great stories that smart people took the trouble to write, whether it’s comics or books.
Fed the cats, showered and walked to Utopia, glad to have pushed myself to do that. Nong Kratae and Rowan were there for a while. They drive all the way from the city just to get coffee at Utopia. I guess it gets them up and out.
As I was drinking my second cup, Fern walked in. I knew she was coming to Chiang Rai today but was surprised to see her so early. She was wearing a cute knitted hat that she is buying from China and selling online. It suited her beautiful face.
We chatted for a while and Kratae and Rowan left and one of Art’s staff arrived and invited us over to the new shop out in the rice field, which is opening soon but open today for friends as a trial. We borrowed Gong’s bike and I nervously rode it with a precarious Fern on the back. I get nervous riding other people’s bikes I’m unfamiliar with, especially with a passenger on the back.
We got there and found Kratae and Rowan again! I noticed Rowan playing on an iPad and we got chatting. He told me about messing around with a synth app and then I was able to show him a little bit about how he can change the sounds on it. He was excited about this revelation. It got me excited about it too.
Similar to me, apparently he has no musical ability either, we just like to mess around and perhaps learn something. I’m not sure what he does with his spare time. I don’t think he does any teaching.
After a while, and I, having another delicious coffee, they left and I decided to come back home, Fern dropping me off. She’s off to Chiang Mai tomorrow and I contemplated driving her so that I could go book shopping but I don’t want to have to drive there and back on the same day, which I would have to.
There’s lots of pounding music around the village today as folks are celebrating Songkran. It rained again last night and at 4.30 pm the skies are a little dark with the threat of rain, supposedly due tonight and for the next few days. It’s pretty unusual but welcome, although the temperature and humidity is still out of control.
I watched the Swans thrash West Coast this morning too. Good to see! I’ll duck out to get some dinner later. I haven’t really eaten much today and not been too hungry either, especially compared with yesterday, when I actually had three square meals, for the first time in months.
Relaxed, feeling good.
