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Jammin’ solo
Max was so jazzed about playing his toy guitar, we broke down and ordered a real one off the internet. It’s called a Plum Blossom, if I remember correctly. I arranged for one of my second year students to come give him lessons once a week, but it’s just too soon. He won’t play when we want him to, and often just ignores people he doesn’t know. Ah well, at least I got some photos, and the guitar is being kept safe for if he shows an interest again. —————— I’m posting a bunch of phonecam photos in the coming days, so please forgive the craptastic quality.
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No Holiday in Cambodia
We had been planning to go to Cambodia with Nam’s faculty for a couple days from the day after tomorrow. Max’s chickenpox had cleared up almost completely this week and he was going to go with mommy and daddy. Mina was to stay at home with relatives and the nanny, and we had done a test run with these arrangements. We assumed she would come down with chickenpox weeks ago, but it never happened (truth be told, we wanted it out of the way quickly and knew she was strong enough to get through it – Max and Mina played together all day every day,I even had them drinking from…
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Woke up this morning, smiled at the rising sun…
…but only two little birds were right outside our doorstep. On a tall plant next to the stairs leading up to our front porch:
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Watching. Washing.
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Manual Ejection Jigs
Worthless. Priceless.
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Wat Ban Donnad
A couple months ago, when it was still “cold,” we visited a temple that we’d been hearing of for a while, Wat Ban Donnad (Wat Ban Don Nad?). At the end of a long, broken dirt road that runs through several villages, we ended up here: You can see our destination out on the island: We honked our horn, and a young monk on a small outboard came putt-putting out. Max saw the boat and it was on. Max was wearing his inflatable life jacket all day in anticipation of riding on a boat. The monk was shy, so I spared him the embarrassment of a face shot. There’s no…
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hey, taro.
I am very busy just now, as you might tell from my lack of activity here. I will free up again in a week or so. In the meantime, I present you with taro:
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sticky rice babies
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Elephant Saddlebags
Personally, I’d pimp mine out with spinners and a five foot tall rear spoiler, but to each his own I say.
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In response to our attempts at taking a passport photo.
