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180 - Naw-Ruz - 181

Groan (exercise) = Exor. (observations) = obsv. (s***,shave,shower) = ss&s. (read something) = read. (comment blogs/newsfeed/notebook) = bogs. (BoyLove series on-line) = ytBL. (Thai TV BL series on GMMTV25) = tv25. (write poetry or prose) = PorP. (take a daily walk) = walk. (buy something) = shop. (take a photo) = foto. (video) = วิดีโอ. (speak Thai/Lao) = pôod. (learn Thai) Thai. (go-into-the-water) = pool. (dirty clothes) = wash. (cook something) = cook. (tidy up) = mess. (travel) = trip. (noon) = เที่ยง. (talking to ex-pats/travelers/strangers in European) = chat. (Thai teaching book) = book. (hand written journal) = jour. (contests) = test. (water) = agua. (market) = ตลาด. (WdC weekly goals challenge) = week. ฟอรั่ม (forums) = QotD, Xin8,X40w,Hook,P-Me,BcoF,-Bar,SH,Stik. (National Blog Post Month) NBPM.(scrub toes) = toes; (clean and unclutter) = neat; (Senior Center) = SCTR.

24.mars 24.มีนาคม

exor. 300(50)/300((12)/300(0)/500(5) = 1467. 09:13-09:54. 84° AQI 86
ss&s.
wash. sweat pants/pajamas by hand.
เที่ยง. 33°C.
bogs. Neil/Hooves/Tracker/Steven
test. "Fangs"  Entered into Shadows and Light.
walk.
chat. At Surada.
agua. 5 liters.
jour. page 5403.
ตลาด. with Pan. Pork, mushrooms, vegetables.
swim. Very liitle, short of breath.
obsv. Same-o same-o. Nest gathering season for finches. Later: full moon, debris in pool, s.o.b. and chilled.

23.mars 23.มีนาคม

exor. 300(50)/200((8)/250(0)/500(5) = 1313. 09:55-10:30. 84°.
obsv. echo of clapping, music, distant 'muttering',white butterflies, children chirping, b-ball bouncing, motorbike roaring, death-grip on the handle bars. Thought: like pus from a poked pimple.
ss&s. and toes.
เที่ยง. 91+ degrees. 95 at 12:43.
bogs. Viv/Stik/Elycia
walk. Too short to count.
chat. With an old Swede and Thai girlfriend at Surada. I spoke Norwegian, Isaan and English.

Pan came home... late-ish.

22.mars 22.มีนาคม

exor.
obsv.
ss&s.
เที่ยง. 88 degrees.
bogs. Beholden/Neil
walk. Coffee at Big C.
agua. 9 liters
chat. Sayan.

21.mars 21.มีนาคม

exor. 300(50)/300(12)/300(20)/500(5) = 1487. 09:10-10:20. 72-79 degrees. Took it slow so I could think.
obsv. chirp, breeze, sky almost blue, brown towel, pink towel, white flutterby, fragrant white khaena flower.
วิดีโอ. blue mask in the breeze (with red camera).
เที่ยง. 81 degrees.
ss&s. and toes.
bogs. Apondia/Charity/Eric
walk.
chat. Rick

Where does love end? At the end of a road that disappears into fog. With the chill of the empty bed. When at color drains from the sky and the embers no longer give heat. Is it the heart that feels the pain. Is it the will to live that fades.

20.mars 20.มีนาคม

Naw-Rúz 181

exor. 300(50)/300(12)/300(20)/300(5) = 1287. Unfocused guesstimate. 10:27-11:00. 72 degrees.
obsv. rain spent seed pods swaying, pesky flies, chirps, music, orchid fragrance, damp.,
เที่ยง. 75 degrees.
ss&s.
blog. "New Year's Day 181 in Udon Thani" 
wash. Dried. Folded.
walk. Through UD Town. Dizzy.
ytBL. Cherry Magic

I took Pan out to dinner (shabu). He then decided to leave and not come home.

19.mars 19.มีนาคม

exor. 400(50)/300(12)/300(20)/300(5) = 1387. 10:58-11:48 84 degrees.
obsv. puddles (from rain), white trumpet flowers, blue mask waving in the breeze (aloha), swallows, no flies, bugs, butterflies
เที่ยง. 84 degrees.
ss&s.
blog. "Cloudy with raindrops" 
PorP. "A confounding life" 
wash. Pan washed in the late evening.

18.mars 18.มีนาคม

Bangkok to Udon Thani

trip. train was 8 1/2 hours in smoky ashy 3rd class. 102 degrees.
chat. sailor from Australia visiting Ayutthaya.
obsv. couple with small child, thirst, pepsi, green cream soda, ash, ants, fire, smoke, raindrops?
blog. "On the train 🚆 again" 
walk.

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