High Speed Trains Crash Faster

August 13, 2009

{Just reading back on my life before Joe and Egger arrived. I had been so scared to hire anyone to help, for so long because of cost. But actually it was a false economy, I was working non-stop and getting NOTHING done to forward our business.}
High Speed Trains Crash Faster
The main problem is there are [...]

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My niece Golf loses her toe

July 17, 2009

{UPDATE: Golf is doing really well, her foot is healing well though she is now feeling sad at the loss of her toe. We’re hoping that she will still do really well on her exams and can try to get into medical school next year. Thanks everybody for the kind words and support.}
On Saturday Golf [...]

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Joe and Egger get a photo from Burma

June 30, 2009

Joe and Egger work in the kitchen. They’ve got six children in Burma. They left them all behind, the youngest one only three, to escape to Thailand to try and make enough money to support the whole family. Their entire family put in their savings to pay the people traffickers to get them across the [...]

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Fraternisation with Refrigeration

June 6, 2009

The fridge’s brokeness has got me more than slightly miffed. Apart from the car, and the baby, that fridge is the most expensive thing we own, and in all its shining stainless steel glory is testament to how far we’ve come. In fridge terms it is a victory monument, and the fact that [...]

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The Scent of Beauty….

May 31, 2009

What a glorious day today was. I awoke to the smell of warm air and the glow of sunlight for the first time in days.

Since we arrived back the sky has done nothing but glower and menace at us and the rains have continued to chuck it down every few hours making sure that everything [...]

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Plugging the Dam Again

May 31, 2009

Today was a good day. I think. Or if not perhaps a good day then at least one of note, one where we managed to make baby steps towards achieving something. I think. Or perhaps if not actually achieving something then at least managing to keep my finger plugging the hole in the dam and [...]

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Playing My Symphony

May 30, 2009

To live content with small means; to seek elegance rather than luxury, and refinement rather than fashion; to be worthy, not respectable, and wealthy, not, rich; to listen to stars and birds, babes and sages, with open heart; to study hard; to think quietly, act frankly, talk gently, await occasions, hurry never; in a word [...]

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Charming Snakes…….

May 30, 2009

The Thais believe that when you are pregnant you see snakes. This startling piece of information was relayed to me as gospel by Crab. I responded in the only way I could, with feigned incredulity and gratitude for the information, while mentally dismissing another old wives tale. I have somewhat revised my opinion from total [...]

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Because of you….

May 30, 2009

Because of you, because of you, because of beautiful incandescent you.I love and am beloved in equal measures, these facts redeem me. When I cannot walk another step those angels who are mine fortify and carry me. Who can know the shimmering luminosity of these loves? Only me for they are mine alone, and with [...]

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Fishy beginnings….

January 1, 2009

My partner’s name is shrimp. His brothers and sisters are variously named for two kinds of crab and a crayfish. My shrimp insists that he is a tiger shrimp, the biggest variety, and I won’t beg to differ.
In fact the only sibling not named for a crustacean is simply called sister and she married a [...]

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