Happy Monday to all and thanks for the “fan mail” again Lindsay and also to you Emily!! It was a wonderful surprise! Your reactions in particular, Emily, to my experiences gave me an idea! So here it is ... for anyone who wants to send me any heartfelt reactions, realizations, thoughts, personal reflections or ah-ha moments to what I’m doing, please feel free to email or snail mail me (remember, I love “fan mail”). My idea is to compile all the comments, at some point, as a response to my unique, valuable and once-in-a-lifetime experience as a student peace fellow in Thailand.

This weekend, we went on a dinner cruise with the Rotarians. Look at the Grand Palace by night! Isn't it beautiful!? For dessert I had, for the first time, "crunchy rubies" which are water chestnuts covered in tapioca flour in a bowl with coconut milk poured over it, much like fudge on a good ole' American sundae (which I haven't had in a very, very long time)!! Needless to say, I had four helpings of crunchy rubies!