Happy New Year 2024!
New Year Blessings and warm wishes from Auto (11), Tor, Morgan, and Kartoon (10). May your 2024 be filled with joyful days as abundant as sun-kissed Thai bananas. All year long, bananas are everywhere in Thailand! You can't walk 1 minute down the road without seeing a half dozen banana trees. Bananas are woven deeply into Thai culture, they are an auspicious plant used in religious ceremonies, and can be eaten and enjoied a million different ways. I used the banana leaf imagery and metaphor in our New Year Card to wish you a year of prosperity, abundance, and joy! My favorite banana snacks are banana chips. They come in a varity of flavors including BBQ and paprika! Many religious ceremonies invlove bananas. On the left is a picture from our house raising ceremony in November 2022. You can see the big green banana leaves rising from the rebar of our future home poles. On the right are bananas and other offerings at a shrine for King Taksin. Loy Krathong is my favorite Thai Holiday!
