Porthole

39th week of the year 179

18.desember

04:20 and nightmares... I'm not doing well since I came back to Montana

10 years from now two young boys will meet on a frozen playground in Scotland/Siberia/Sapporo and they will introduce themselves as Lionel and Kylian. Today will be on their mind. Will they share dreams of playing for their national team or will their dreams lie elsewhere?

Can you write their story?

Today, December 18, 2022, Argentina and Messi defeated France and Mbappe for the World Cup.

Remember ask to about sepak takraw.

17.desember

Went to Butterfly Herbs. Had a cardamom-tangerine milkshake. Saw Lundy, Cathy Mae. Coughed all the way home (I suspect due to the cold air). Now snug in bed and fine. It's 18:48 and I'm bored.

16.desember

To Elycia: I guess the question is whether you live in a community where people look after each other or whether you're a self-centered individualist. Americans take pride in their perceived superiority as individualists. Case in point.

Cultures vary... so do expectations. These days many people use cafes as their personal work office. Same in hostels. Also... in some cultures folks REALLY don't like being talked to; it's considered rude. I will adjust in Thailand... but... my own attitude gets in the way. If a person is in public they needn't assume a prickly My-Privacy aggressive posture of entitlement. If a person needs privacy... get your own room/office/whatever and spare the rest of us. Among travelers, common in hostels, there's a sense of looking out for each other (as a temporary family). From my perspective the author is overly sensitive.

To Mary: I'm going back to Thailand to a future I cannot predict but one I need to practice saying yes to.

Lunch: fish.

15.desember

Made rice with pork (onion, garlic, peanut-butter, butter, basil).

Cold.

I think Ponnya is suffering from separation anxiety.

To Lilli: Conjugate 'sick'.

Everyone here is sick, has been sick or will be sick. It's tense.

Personally... got to grocery store, bought bread, other stuff. Cold walk probably didn't help my lingering cough. I'm okay, just okay.

14.desember

Phil had extra muffins yesterday. Today's breakfast: coffee and a muffin.

To Ponnya:

หิมะ หิมะ หิมะ

โลกเป็นสีขาว

เงียบ เงียบ เงียบ

โลกนี้ช่างเงียบสงบ

จุ๊จุ๊จุ๊

รักคุณ

I was very sick when I got back from Thailand. Couldn't get warm, couldn't stay warm. It's taking over one week to feel 'normal'... just don't ask about sleep or whether I'm getting anything done.

I am supposed to be downsizing here. Anyone want books? I am returning to Thailand shortly. I feel physically and emotionally better there.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-fast-growing-religion-has-ancient-roots-a...

13.desember

Thailand return is booked. I did manage to get to God's Waiting Room. Saw friends, ate. Home = nap.

12.desember

5 in the morning — my body aches; I can't sleep; I decide on coffee and toast. At 5 am it's 7 pm in Thailand. Ponnya has been lonely. I've been sick... and lonely too.

An article that makes a couple valid points but devalues the human right to choose a faith:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/newsindia/freedom-of-religion-is-not-right-to-con...

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