Tag Archives: thailand

Sublime Frequencies: Shadow Music Of Thailand

April 8, 2024 – 10:35 am
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Finite Immortality – Pattaya – 2010

March 19, 2024 – 1:14 pm

The Thai people pride themselves in the purity of their language. Few English words have infiltrated the common lexicon. Dtam-ruaat is the word for police. The diphonic annunciation can confuse most farangs. I thought for years that For years I thought Dtam-ruaat meant ‘make blood’, however make blood is spelled Dtam-leuuat with a falling accent […]

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NO REST FOR THE WICKED – 2008 – Boston

March 18, 2024 – 4:23 am

Eleven years after leaving the USA for good I departed from Thailand in May of 2008. My internet business had been wiped out by the shrinking dollar. Being broke in New York was not fun and at the month’s end I bussed up to Boston to celebrate my birthday. Written 1/9/13 2:51 PM That night my […]

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A HERO OF THE ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith

March 12, 2024 – 3:52 am

A HERO OF THE ROAD by Peter Nolan Smith Anybody can jump a motorcycle. The trouble begins when you try to land it. – Evel Knieval MANGOZEEN BOOKS 2022 CHAPTER 1 A lice infestation swept through southern Maine in the winter of 1958 and every school district mandated crew cuts for all the boys without […]

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Beyond The Border

February 26, 2024 – 6:48 am

Over the years my friends’ sons and daughters suspected that my travels were connected to the CIA or some criminal enterprise. My denials only confirmed their opinions, mostly because none of them wanted to become their parents, unless they were rich. Recently young man contacted me on Facebook and asked if I was in Thailand […]

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