Checkered Lounge Pants

Hi there....Hmmm I should do a counter on here to see if I have anybody still following but this is so therapeutic who cares if I'm flying solo. I just read the last post...Yikes. My spell check and auto-spell and grammar check should be activated on my mobile. Those posts are taxing to read. I spent 10 days at my cottage and then drove to Boston to stay with the grand-kids while my son and his wife work. Audra had to do a week in Ireland for her employer so I volunteered to get the kids school ready while shes gone. Kevin and Audra got Skype active while they were apart so I have a few more contacts on my Skype list. That Skype is such a big secret in my local circles. The only subscribers are my friends abroad and my brother Doug and now, my son. Nobody pays long distance fees except my friends who are travel shy. Why insist on paying for phone charges....up to them, as they say in Thailand. Speaking of Thailand, my Thai girlfriend Ning spent 5 days in a Bangkok retreat at te...

My Frank Zappa tribute. Watch out where the Huskies go, don't eat that yellow snow… Or melted Yellowsnow… Or shovel that Yellowsnow… Arrived home to below freezing, vapor breathing, window frosting, snow-covered, furnace bellowing, Parker wearing, to Touque bearing and garbo warming weather. Sigh!!! To think I had grown somewhat wary of a four months winter exile of 30+ searching beaches and wondering in sandals and shorts accompanying a three shirt-change day However it's nice to be home in my cottage but I'm  yearning for aspects of my winter home. Budinot presides on my mantle and warm hearts trump cold hearts. cold. It's a Thai thing. If you have to ask I cannot explain. It took me three which is to wade through the farange prejudices and that bridge is crossed. I made friends there that are so much more travelled but so much less aware. They should read the book (inside joke). Skype is now the prevalent timeshare with my roommate Ning  I do so want to see her again...