Feb
2
A Shed for Mae
February 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment
We have been busy the last couple of days. Nan’s mom prefers to cook the old fashioned way, using her wood stove. That means getting firewood in, and keeping it out of the rain during the wet season. And she has a couple of Rai planted with Eucalyptus for that purpose. But her wood shed […]
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Jan
4
Half a Victory!
January 4, 2008 | 6 Comments
Nan’s boys, Heart and Heurn have been quite a worry for me. How would they take to mom having a new man in her life? Well so far things are going pretty good. Mainly because I leave most of the parenting to her, and backing her up every inch of the way. And well, they […]
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Dec
14
Mail Call!
December 14, 2007 | 1 Comment
Today was yet another of those days where we really did not do anything special. But there was one highlight of the day, when the parcel containing the Yule presents and cards from the family arrived. They where sent from Norway only ten days ago.
Nan came running in with the goodies in her arms, with […]
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Dec
8
We have some lazy days. The only thing of significance we have been doing was the other day when we erected our spirit house in the back garden.
This time without a bunch of people. Just me, Nan a couple of elderly family members who knew the procedure and Nan’s uncle, the village head man.
It involved […]
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Dec
4
Blessing of The Hut
December 4, 2007 | 1 Comment
So the day arrived. Nan tickled me out of bed around 6:30am, pushed me into the shower and then we had breakfast and cleaned the house. Tui and Pun arrived soon after, and we motored down to Satuek to do some food and drink shopping for the party.
At the market in Satuek, we got enormous […]
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Dec
2
Preparing for a Party
December 2, 2007 | 6 Comments
Well, as the monk said, on the 3rd of December we are kicking off our “Blessing of the House” party here in our Isaan village. And slowly but surely information is trickling in about what this actually means.
Nan was hoping for a small affair. And so was I. Get in the monks, let them do […]
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Dec
1
A Send Off
December 1, 2007 | 2 Comments
Yesterday morning, Nan’s morning torture started at 5am. The occasion was Tui and Pun’s send off party. Tui is going to a country in the Middle East to work soon. And Pun has plans to go to Bangkok and start a business, investing money they saved up during their 2 year work stint in Taiwan […]
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Nov
27
Another Visit at a Wat
November 27, 2007 | 4 Comments
Well, we make the days go by. Nan is knitting, and a couple of her friends have joined the craze. So now they are sitting in the yard all day, yak-yak’ing away while meter after meter of yarn is turned into scarves, caps and pot holders.
Nan’s mom is also here every day looking after her […]
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Nov
16
Fish at the Wat
November 16, 2007 | 3 Comments
The village is raising money for an upcoming celebration at the Wat. So this afternoon we were invited to go fishing in the pond at the Wat grounds.
So with my little Ultra light rod we set forth, and spent a good hour, where Heart pulled up cat fish after catfish, with a huge grin on […]
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Nov
1
By Special Request
November 1, 2007 | 10 Comments
I mentioned the other that that Nan gave a bright red Ferrari jacket. Well, my mom got wind of this, and sent the following e-mail to Nan:
Dear Nan!
Could you be kind and take a picture of Rune in the red Ferrari jacket and e-mail or put it on the blog. I am used to only […]
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