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January 10, 2026 · 1:34 am

Children’s Day – Chiang Mai, Thailand

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The only reason I knew about this celebration today was because Brian and I had some trouble getting transportation to my husband’s nursing home, and the GRAB cars had to reroute going and coming to avoid as much of the crowds and celebration as possible. 🥳

Children’s Day is celebrated the 2nd Saturday in January in Chiang Mai, and I think all around Thailand. In researching this, I was overwhelmed by all of the events and activities!

There is something going on sponsored by government agencies, shopping malls, hotels and restaurants, children’s groups, and more.

Chiang Mai Kids – Ladiivploy

SOME of the activities I found are –

Dino Maze

Crafts & ice cream

Free foam party, donut decorating workshop

Bouncing Castle

World of Crazy Inventor Endoo – ‘playful town full of stories, tinkering, and adventure.

Immersive musical theatre, hands-on workshops, interactive experience,

Talent show, painting workshop. Bead craft.

Popcorn, cotton candy free gifts.

Water park…

I think you get the idea.

I liked the idea of many of the activities and events stressing mindfulness, gratitude, giving to others, learning new skills, and more.

Beautiful idea! 

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December 5, 2020 · 10:31 am

The Key to Learning

Benjamin Franklin – SayingImages.com

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April 16, 2020 · 8:47 pm

Astonishing

Carl Sagan via Chris Riddell via The Boho Tree

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January 8, 2020 · 3:09 pm

Books

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I honestly can’t imagine myself not reading.

I guess I’m biased, because I trained as a teacher, taught for 8 years in public elementary schools in Tulsa, and then ran my own reading clinic for 3 years, but personally – I would be lost without reading in my life.

I finished re-reading the 48 books in the “In Death” series by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts) and have just received “Vendetta in Death” the 49th book just out in paperback. I’m really looking forward to diving into Eve Dallas’ world again.

On a tip from my good friend, Cathy Campbell, I ordered and just received

The DIRTY, LAZY, KETO Cookbook: Bend the Rules to Lose the Weight!
Laska, Stephanie
This lady has lost 140 lbs and has kept it off for 6 years. I started reading the book over lunch and she’s a HOOT! Great sense of humor and has managed success without the regimentation required by many keto people. I’m interested to try her theory and see if it works for me, too.  (I keep missing my macro percentages and it really makes you feel like you just don’t get it.) So, I’m reading as fast as I can to get an overview and then will read more carefully to start using the details as soon as possible.
Being able to pick up a book and forget your problems for awhile, or learn to do something new, or get excited about a new way to get healthier, is richness beyond belief.
I will never forget sitting in the middle of my parents’ living room when I was 4 or 5. My mom was doing the New York Times Crossword Puzzle. My dad was avidly reading a book on archaeology. My brother was reading a whole stack of comic books. I looked from one to the other and finally said, “I wish to HELL I could read!”  Everyone stopped and looked at me. I expected my parents to come down on me like a load of bricks for saying a bad word. Instead, they looked at each other. My mom got a book, came down and sat on the floor with me, and began teaching me to read.
I will be forever grateful.

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January 31, 2019 · 4:18 pm

Adventure

Medical News Today

When our son was home visiting from Thailand over the holidays, he talked about how much meditation has helped him.  He had started practicing it by himself, then went to a monastery in Chiang Mai for two weeks. He’s been practicing daily ever since, feeling much more calm, in control of his thoughts, reactions, and emotions, and feeling content.

Tonight (our time) he’ll start his newest adventure – spending time learning to meditate from a master in a monastery in Siddharthanagar, Nepal. He had to fill out a lot of forms and answer many questions to be accepted for a 3-week stay. This time can be extended with the permission of his teacher. He hopes to stay two months.

He’ll eat breakfast at 5 a.m., then meditate until lunch. After lunch (the last meal of the day) he’ll meditate until bedtime – a total of 14 hours every day. He’ll be interviewed by his teacher or a nun there daily, 6 days each week so they can keep track of how things are going, what he’s gaining, what he needs to focus more on, etc. He’ll do sitting and walking meditation.

During this time, in respect for the monastery, the school, and the concentration on this opportunity to learn, he’ll be incommunicado – OUR character-building part of his adventure. This will end, if all goes as he hopes, around the end of March.

I hope he gains what he hopes to during this two-month period. I already felt that he was calmer, more outgoing, more accepting of everything while he was home. I’m really proud of the kind, caring man he is. It’s fascinating to talk with him, learning what he thinks of life, priorities, goals, and more. He already can look at a situation with more depth than his parents, seeing it in a whole different light than we. I’ll be so interested to hear what he has learned and felt during this latest adventure.

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