Wedding gold, family gifts, and the months before the feast
Gold, a hall deposit, and an aunt's envelope often share one drawer. A wedding year in Narathiwat needs those sums kept apart.
Journal · office notes
Pages we wish households had before the expensive month.
These notes come from sittings in Tambon Ban Phru. They are about the order of cash around a life milestone, written so you can use them at your own table before you book a session.
A school-fee calendar for a thin rubber season
Term invoices follow the school. Latex money follows the weather. A fee calendar is the bridge between them.
Cash the builder asks for after the land is already yours
A family plot and a finished roof are separate bills. Staged payments, rising materials, and promised labour each need a cash column.
A pension figure is only the start of a retirement month
The letter states a pension. The month also holds a parent, medicine, and a roof before the rains.