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Expat Teacher in Thailand: May 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Friday, May 30, 2014. Spring comes to Maine. A bold pine squirrel confronts us at the bird feeder. Spring comes in multiple shades of green over the white of last year's dry cattails. Ferns unroll their fronds. From evidence at the den, we note that their prey includes birds and rabbits (Note the crow wings between them). At Maine Maritime Academy in Castine, boats are prepared for the summer. Besides being a te...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: August 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Wednesday, August 13, 2014. Lower Beech Mountain trail, Acadia NP. Moonrise over Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park. Following are photos of Down East Maine in the summertime. Maybe you can't get to Maine for a visit, but you can at least enjoy the view from my camera. View other photos at my gallery: visit https:/ www.flickr.com/photos/105909532@N02/. Peter's Creek, Blue Hill. Indian pipe, or ghost pl...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: January 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Saturday, January 25, 2014. An apple tree sleeps in the foggy snow of South Blue Hill. View of Blue Hill Bay. Woods on Parker Point Road, Blue Hill. During the winter, the snow melts and evaporates into the cold air, producing fog. Early morning fog, Blue Hill. Mount Desert Island and Acadia National Park from U.S. Highway 1 in Sullivan. Stonington lobster pound. This young lobsterman explained that only nin...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: June 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Wednesday, June 25, 2014. Sidewalk amulet sales are a common sight everywhere in Thailand. People take their amulets very seriously. Some sell for hundreds, and occasionally thousands of dollars. This post is a collage of my most recent photos on the streets of eastern Bangkok. Early morning alms. Monks make their rounds, chanting blessings after receiving food from the pious. A man plays a kaen,. His old machin...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: November 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Wednesday, November 26, 2014. All over the world, urban artists have transformed abandoned and neglected spaces in cities. What once may have been a decaying concrete wall along an empty weed-choked lot is now a modern-day canvas that reflects life in the city as seen by creative, often counter-culture Picassos. Following the Bangkok art are photos of similar art in Chicago. Saturday, November 15, 2014. Followin...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: February 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Saturday, February 8, 2014. Chongchom market on the Thailand-Cambodia border. As one approaches the border with Cambodia, more police checkpoints appear. Here, young men are required to give a urine sample presumably to be checked for drugs. Chongchom market is spread out under a vast array of awnings. There were many Buddhist monks among the shoppers at Chongchom. Many old wood carvings were for sale, as well a...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: December 2013

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Monday, December 30, 2013. Vietnamese Fishing Village, Cambodia. On the huge Tonle Sap lake, which is a widening of the Mekong River not far from Siem Riap, a village of Vietnamese fishermen sits not on the shore near the lake, but actually on. Children all over the world play on whatever type of equipment they can find. In a fishing village it is not surprising that they play in abandoned boats. Near Jatujak 2 ...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: July 2014

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Wednesday, July 23, 2014. Do's and Don't's in Thailand. Last year, for the web site of an international conference hosted by the agency where I work, a Thai colleague and I made a list of things visitors to Thailand should know in order to get the most out of the trip, and to eliminate embarrassing situations (well, ok, to reduce. The traditional way of greeting in Thailand is the “wai” (pronounced. Males end wi...

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Expat Teacher in Thailand: Maine winter wonderland

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Expat Teacher in Thailand. Join me in Thailand as I transition from teaching into retirement. Thursday, December 18, 2014. A dusting of snow creates a magical scene in the village. As autumn loosens its grip on Maine in mid-December, the landscape changes from brown to black and white, and back again. Soon the bitter cold will come and with it a permanent white blanket. After several days of cold rain, today brought a lovely dusting of snow to the coastline and village. The lane can be seen through the t...