For Lilian and the Indigos - Above Top Secret

“Izzy tells me you are a photographer,” Flo said to Lee as we turned to enter the theatre
lobby, sliding the tickets into the door ’bottie as we passed through. Lee began to regale
Flo with stories of his photographic adventures and we all chatted warmly as we found
our seats and sat.
The play was a sad one, with the protagonist ending his life with no one to mourn his
passing. What a statement on the affairs of a scarcity paradigm. There was a standing
ovation at the end as Pierce took the stage with his Troupe of actors, all of whom had
high reputations and had, indeed, proved the reputations true.
The four of us decided it would be a wonderful adventure to go to Thailand City, a sky
city above the temples and jungle of Thailand, to shop and eat. I will admit that I was the
strongest proponent of this idea, as I was (again!) craving Thai food. We each passed
through the J.D. to find ourselves in the noontide clouds above the ancient city of
Bangkok.
We shared a repast of curries and rice, I choosing a viciously spicy red curry, the others
opting for tamer fare, with sweet Thai coffee for all. Dee adored the mild curry dish she
chose and commented that she might learn to prepare Thai food. We laughed and smiled
encouragingly. She had announced that she might want to be an actor when we were in
New York, and had suggested other directions – fashion designer, painter (when she
heard what I did), and other such creative endeavors – throughout the cycle day.
“I’m sure you will find your bliss soon, Dee,” I remarked with kindness in my words.
Dee gave a small frown and replied, “I surely hope so, Izzy. There’s so much to choose
from and I like to do most of it!”
“That’s the plight we have now, I guess,” Lee interjected. “But it’s a far better plight
than Quasimodo had, eh?”
Dee nodded. “Yeah. At least no one teases and hurts you if you haven’t figured out yet
what you love to do.”
We all agreed and the conversation turned to my finished painting, Flo’s latest work and
other things we wanted to share.
We thanked Ki, who had provided our lovely meal and had spent most of it putting on a
show as he cooked for his large table of guests (who came and ate and left, sometimes
joining in with the show banter, and sometimes eating and leaving with smiles and waves
of thanks, loathe to interrupt the flow). The four of us strolled out to see what was offered
in the many shops along a ribbon of walkway. When we finally tired of the adventure,
we headed towards a J.D., Dee carrying a bag with a lovely bracelet she had fallen in love
with, and said our goodbyes.
“Let me know when we can do this again,” Flo suggested. “I enjoyed this immensely!”