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Chp 16: Start with Why
A couple of years ago I read Simon Sinek's book, Start with Why. As our time here draws to a close, I thought it time to answer the...

Connie Inglis
Apr 29, 20232 min read
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Chapter 15: Water Ways i.e. Songkran
Since arriving in Chiang Mai in January, I've been sharing different "Drink of the Day" drinks found here. Today's drink? Water. Why...

Connie Inglis
Apr 12, 20233 min read
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Chapter 14: Flying Lessons 2
More lessons from another bird unique to tropical Asia--the Asian Koel. Personally, I've never seen this bird, but I have tried. It likes...

Connie Inglis
Mar 31, 20233 min read
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Chapter 12: Where Have All the Cows Gone? (Or, Living a Life Unpredictable)
Zoning laws are held loosely in Thailand, if there are any at all. Which is why, as long as I can remember, there has always been a wide...

Connie Inglis
Mar 16, 20234 min read
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Chapter 9: From Uber Eats and DoorDash to Lineman, foodpanda and Grab
Too tired to cook? Too hot to cook? Don't feel like going out to get food? Why not order in? It's easy in Thailand. Just give Grab,...

Connie Inglis
Feb 15, 20232 min read
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Chapter 8: Language, Culture and a Good "Heart-to-Heart"
When our family moved to Thailand to work with minority language groups many years ago, my husband and I were introduced to a book by...

Connie Inglis
Feb 6, 20233 min read
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Chapter 7: The Honeymoon is Over (Warning--not a light read)
Two days ago I woke up and, overnight, my world had changed. Oh the birds still twittered outside our window and the sun still rose...

Connie Inglis
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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Chapter 4: For the First Time--for Real!
This past Friday I did something that I've never done before in all the years we've lived here--I went fishing! I'm familiar with...

Connie Inglis
Jan 16, 20234 min read
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To Market, to Market
One of my favourite things to do here: visit Warorot Market, the large day market. From a distance, it doesn't look like much. But in...

Connie Inglis
Jan 13, 20232 min read
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For the First Time
Three days ago we returned to Thailand--NOT for the first time but for the 11th time, if my memory serves me correctly. It's been almost...

Connie Inglis
Jan 6, 20233 min read
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From a Wish List to a With List--are You With Me?
As Christmas approached when I was growing up, I couldn't wait for the Sears Wish Book. My sisters and I would actually fight over who...

Connie Inglis
Nov 15, 20222 min read
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Poetry, Purpose, and Power
Are you familiar with the following poem? How does it make you feel? Even though Rewriting Adam is a novel, I wanted to incorporate my...

Connie Inglis
Jul 12, 20212 min read
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Bumps in the Road. Rocks in my Head.
It's been a rough month for me. How about for you? Dear Reader/Follower. I must apologize. I've been pretty quiet on social media of any...

Connie Inglis
Apr 1, 20213 min read
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Putao. Putao. Wherefore art thou, Putao?
Putao. Where in the world is that? And why am I writing about it? Does this map help you? Or maybe these names will give you more clue:...

Connie Inglis
Mar 2, 20212 min read
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Two Years for Five Lives
About five years ago, I decided to write down everything I could remember of our two years in the Philippines from 1992-1994. Even though...

Connie Inglis
Feb 16, 20213 min read
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A Novel is Born
That fall, in a fiction-writing course, I wrote the first five chapters of a novel.

Connie Inglis
Dec 8, 20201 min read
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Newbie Novelling
Snippets of life as a novelist working toward publishing my first novel. I have been working on a novel titled Rewriting Adam for the...

Connie Inglis
May 12, 20202 min read
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