Dave’s Rave

After seeing George in Khao Lak, I headed south to Phuket, stopping at a temple on the beach along the way. (Writing this from Trang, to the south.)   Wooden Tesdhammanava Temple on the beach….

Here are some shots from Thung Wua Laen (‘field of the running bull’), Ranong, and now Khao Lak where I arrived last night, the fifth stop on my current journey. Met up with friend George from…

Tonight a funny thing happened while having a beer on the second floor of a restaurant on the beach road here in Prachuap Kirikan town, where I arrived today after spending a few days in…

Pre-Ramble Though in southern France a year and a half ago, I haven’t been to the US since 2016, so had planned to go in the spring of last year. Then COVID hit and made…

Preface One night a couple years ago I woke up in the middle of the night with a loud ringing in my ears (tinnitus), which has continued since, though it’s gotten much quieter and is…

Because of current events, I’ve been thinking of writing something related to the issue of race. I’ve had a broad array of ideas in mind, but writing is always discovery and this turned out to…

It’s near the end of February 2020 as I write this and I just got back from almost two weeks in Hua Hin, a couple hours south of Bangkok on the Sea of Siam. I…

The Courage To Doubt There’s a new album out of the Pacific Northwest that more people should be aware of by one of Seattle’s longstanding bassists and sound engineers, Marc Willet.  First, I must admit…

Criminals exploit PayPal’s policy of making it child’s play for anyone to create an account with them. Then they use their buyer dispute features to terrorize sellers. Preface I’d like to know if anyone has…