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DATELINE: August 19, 2013
Patricia E Lyon

…what happened to Madamme Deanna today.” The Lay Leader of the Wisconsin Conference United Methodist Church was locked out of her classroom today, so she moved next door to me (the sewing classroom). It was comforting to me, because Mony was interpreting for her today and I was winging it. We both had great classes and then dashed off to Bos Kralanh Village for an exercise in matching embellishments with colors of lace and satin. They liked.

Then Mony, whose stomach was not good, dropped us at the hotel. I gave him Equate Pepto-Bismol. Then we grabbed a tuk tuk to the Old Market and enjoyed Mexican food and people watching. On to errands, the aromatic food section of the Old Market and trying to walk by the bazaar without attention deficit of purses and jewelry. (Oh, Madamme, you want scarf? I give you cheap price,) OMG.

On to our friends at the night market who have elephant pashimas waiting. We buy the pashimas but binge on bracelets, more earrings, etc. We both wilt suddenly and get a tuk tuk. We drag our packages up the steep stairs rather than taking the elevator. We eat chocolate, drink soda and juice and revive.

Only after watching TV and while typing in her notepad does Deanna tell me what happened right next to me in her English class.

I heard no screams. BUT…as she reached into her metal cupboard for a box of chalk, a giant spider jumped on her hand. It was as big as her hand and it was heavy. It jumped on and it jumped off. It was the sister of the spider I saw in the toilet. (OK I made that part up.) Her comment was “just be aware.”

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