What it's like to lose a pet--at least I don't have a pet. Imagine if it were a human being.

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Today I could not find a book I needed. This happens now and then.

I had to order it again. The price had gone up considerably.

But what to do, I need it.

It's happened to me before with one other book.

It was Paul Kahn's Secret History of the Mongols. I like it because it's memorable. It's poetic. It describes how Hoelan was abducted from her first husband by Genghis/Temujin's father. How she gave her husband her shirt sohe could remember her.How she cried so much the rivers filled up.

To balance that expensive purchase,I bought a used copy of R. K. Narayan's abridged Ramayana at $6.47

R.K. Narayan was a President of India. His wife Usha Narayan was born in Mandalay, Burma and also a famous writer.

The rest on my shopping list were cashew nuts and a new monitor I needed because the old one may be defective--but the cheapest is 19.99 and I had to buy a whole kit.

So there you have it.

Lot of bills to pay this month. And not all peanuts.

Copyright Kyi May Kaung

9-10-2026