Enjoying Life and the Pursuit of Happiness
Dallas, TX –
It’s Steve’s fault.
That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.
Not that he did anything.
I mean, I’ve never met the guy.
From what I understand, he’s a perfectly nice chap.
Very polite, and easy to get along with.
But I’m still going to place the blame squarely in his lap.
After all, if it wasn’t for him, none of this would have turned out the way it did.
Therefore, it’s his fault.
Amphawa, Thailand –
“Ride ‘em, cowboy!”
The phrase entered my head as the child hopped on the statue of a fighting cock like it was a horse.
Hands on the neck, he was ready to ride.
The fact that it was a bird didn’t seem to phase him.
It was an animal, and it was just his size.
He could care less about what else there was to see here.
Eventually, his parents enticed him off the cock, and on to the temple.
After all, that was what they had come here to see.
It’s not every day you see a temple inside a tree.
Den Hauge, Netherlands –
Something I’ve always found interesting is looking at the similarities and differences between cultures.
One aspect of this, in particular, are the fairy tales and other stories that we tell our kids as they are growing up.
And having grown up in the U.S., a descendant of mostly European ancestors…
Among other kids with similar ancestry…
There are a lot of stories and tales that I grew up with that came from Europe.
Yet go to any particular region in Europe and dig deep enough, I can come up with tales that are unfamiliar and new to me.
Some of them have to do with the nature of the tales.