The Binkle Blog

A hillfield in February where the vegetation has been cut and left to dry for a month or so. Note the people walking along a trail on the bottom left. I remember lessons over the years relating Easter and spring time. Jesus was dead but rose from the grave on Easter, just like many things seem dead over the winter but burst forth in spring time with new life and new hope. It’s not a bad comparison I think, but not one that can apply to all parts of the world. What about Thailand where there really is no “spring” season? In fact, March – April, the Easter season, is famous in Thailand for being the hottest, driest time of the year and it can truly be blast-furnace hot. Add to the soaring temperatures, clouds of dust from several months of zero rain, and smoke from innumerable ground fires and the burning of agricultural fields. Especially in our days in Mae Sariang, there were many days during the Easter season where the air was a hazy orange from all the smoke as well as triple digit h...