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My Latest Story I have finished my latest story, except that the ending that worked the best for me was ‘happy but tearful’, let’s put it that way until you’ve read it. Then feel free to send me your opinion and we can discuss it. This, my latest story made me cry anyway, but not …
The Final Chapter I am finally on the final chapter of that book I told you I was starting, which is why I haven’t posted for a long time. The story flowed easily from my subconscious, or wherever, to my finger tips and thence to my hard drive. I had predicted to myself that it …
Storm Not Monsoon Yesterday, late afternoon, black clouds could be seen on the horizon, then a wind appeared from nowhere and suddenly the clouds were overhead emptying their contents all over us. When I say suddenly, I mean, I knew what was going to happen, but I didn’t have time to finish my half a …
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Don’t Some People just drive you up the wall sometimes, eh? Is it our fault for expecting too much or theirs for just being stupid?
Holidays in Thailand – How Much? Thailand is, and has been for at least a decade, right at the top of both the world’s holiday resorts and travellers’ wish-list destinations. The same goes for retirees and expats, and the question I am asked most often, as someone who lives in Thailand is, how much are …
I Couldn’t Help Myself There it is, I just couldn’t help myself! A very good friend of mine tried to slow down on his blogging earlier this month, and failed, and I said that I would take this month off from writing books, and I have failed too. You see, I published a novel in …
Sad Times Despite all the modern methods of near-instantaneous communication, we only heard today that a good friend of ours died a week ago. So, these are sad times for his wife, family, both European and Thai, and his friends – he was Finnish, married to a woman from our village. In fact, he was …
Being a Foreign Man in Thailand. In general, Thai people are gentle and peaceable, but they do know that they are poor compared to the West and they are very quick to notice if someone is even only apparently putting them down. They do have their pride, after all, and rightly so. Sometimes, a …
Sudden Downfall I had a bad experience last night, I was walking back from the shop (pub) up the lane behind my house as I have done 1,000’s of times in the last 10 yrs, but the street lamp was bust. I was a foot behind the missus as she was talking to me, when …
Aching Joints I don’t know whether I drink too much. Sometimes, I suppose, but I probably drink more than most people and more than doctors would recommend. I usually have about four beers a day in the early evening. Anyway, now that I am older, I have noticed that I get aching joints, if I …
Lickay – Thai Pantomime Lickay tonight, but more about that later. The weather first as according to tradition. Well, it’s so hot today that it is unpleasant to go to the toilet because the water coming out of the bidet is almost boiling! It’s forty-seven outside, but probably more in, if it were not for …
Writing for Pleasure and Profit If I don’t mention the temperature for a while, it’s because it is still in the forty-five to forty-seven range. I have slept nearly all day today because of it, and people assure me that I am not the only one the weather is affecting like that. Writing has become …
Word Botchers When I lived in the UK, I didn’t really notice the birds in my garden, although I have always considered myself a bird watcher, or word botcher, as the late Humphrey Littleton once said on a show. Word botcher for ornithologist, I nearly fell off my chair, because words and languages really are …
Mailing List Aweber’s usefulness to me for delivering a series of emails has come to an end, I think. I have well over a hundred sign-ups on my mailing list, but many are Chinese and take no active part in the website. One wonders why they joined the mailing list and the only reasons I …
Doldrums The weather reminds me of the stories of the doldrums on the Equator… Another forty-sixer today, but forty-seven yesterday! I forgot to report our plight. As we approach the Summer Equinox, though, we have gained an hour or daylight over not so long ago with another thirty minutes to come by June 21st. ∞ …
Languages and Words I love languages and words and how they can spark thoughts. As I was publishing yesterday’s post, a song came into my head. I could only remember ‘Meat, nor drink, nor money have I none, yet I will be happy, heigh ho, nobody home, nobody home’. Strange, eh? Sounds very sad, yet …
Miserable Sods I have received a few snide remarks from some miserable sods concerning the designation of the revenue from ‘Asian Shorts’, well, let me tell you miserable sods a true story. Many members of my family give £5 a month to help ‘an unfortunate, Third World child’. I can think of at least four …
Expats’ Desires Another forty-sixer today! It makes me so apathetic and dozy. At two o’clock this afternoon I put my head down for forty winks and woke up three hours later! That’s not like me, I haven’t needed an afternoon nap for fifty-five years. ∞ A friend of mine is coming up to the village …
