after READing, the Wall Garden where i was startled by the size of the Volunteer Tomato. i'd not looked from this side.
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and in the middle of it, i'd taken the keys down to the Honda Car that has not been run for what?, maybe 2 almost 3 months?, partly because of its not being legal and partly the StayHome mandate, but not run, engine not turned over and i know that's not good but haven't and i take the keys down and expecting to hear NOthING from the battery instead and INSTANT fierce START!!!!!!!!!!!! and i say to Emrie, Get IN! she does and in the front seat…loose and free, no car seat, and her eyes are wide and i say to roll down the window and she somehow knows to do that and cranks and cranks it down and we take off. Backing up and take off up CareFree Way to the first drive which is a possible turn and i turn and point us back and ask her if she wants to drive. Without hesitation she climbs in place and crazy steers us down the road back and when we get there she yells I DID IT!
this post is a MeSS. a real MESS. it's taken hours to create this mess. I'm not sure what to think?
but this above. Maybe this will come through, or maybe it won't. if it doesn't, then i'll just give up.
In the morning, before the Tomato Plant, before Everything Else, i read…NYt Hannah Beech and the photographer Adam Dean and article: In Every Corner of Bangkok, Spirits Need a Home
Everywhere in Bangkok in every building, a tin roofed shack or glass plated skyscraper there are said to be spirits who need placating. A Coronavirus lockdown is no excuse. They also require spirit houses which look like doll houses mounted on pedistals that range from a few pieces of plywood to guilded structures with ornate spires. the figurines sized to live inside fit in the palm of the hand.
Spirit houses are common throughout Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia. While not everyone believes, the practice is widely respected. All the spirits expect sustenance, a bunch of bananas, a coconut, a mound of stickey rice Offerings placed infrontof Spirit Houses in morning, by home owners or building staff members along with incense and flower garlands…often marigolds
Nongrak Puwasawodi, Spirit Communicator enters a trance and advises people on the spirits druthers In times of econonic crises, they scale back their expectations. "like now with the coronavirus they will be happy with a glass of water for refreshment. But in a more fortunate time, a strawberry Fanta."
I LOVED. loved so much reading this…about these spirits and how the people respond to them….going to great lenghts to please them and it made me want to Stitch some….spirit houses, Who knows Who might Show UP
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