Evening Bicycle Ride Don Xuan

Evening Bicycle Ride Landscape 1

I like this place. Reminds me of some of the stories I read.

Evening Bicycle Ride mid May 2022

How Hu Tieu is made

Hu Tieu Production

It is laid out to dry

It is laid out to dry

How Hu Tieu is made

This is from a local place near Tra Vinh, Don Xuan.

Getting Ready for the New Year

Lap Xuong

Mai

I associate Lap Xuong with new years treats. My father would roast the Lap Xuong over a bit of alcohol in a dish and the smell from the grease dripping onto the alcohol below reminds me of the new year celebration that is to come. These images were taken from 2019 when I visited my wife’s house. It’s a different atmosphere now with Covid and people closing doors. The flower reminds me of Saigon and a certain Gram Greene passage from the ‘Quiet American’ where he describes the petals falling onto the keys of the typewriter.

It’s been a while since I wrote on here. Things have changed. The backslash creates a block that is like Notion.

I didn’t realize that I had linked Hotmail with this account so I apologize for not responding to comments or monitoring it much due to life’s other pursuits. I will probably change the email so I can monitor it better.

Frangipani Hotel

https://www.goodreads.com

I picked up this book on Bookbub because it was about Viet Nam.

 

 

Alex’s Thesis reading

Van’s Kitchen

Welcome to December. I’ve been learning how to cook with Van’s Kitchen on youtube.   Her videos are short, well organized and easy to follow.

Shutterfly photobook

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Photo Book Tip: Create an adventurous travel photo album at Shutterfly.com.

Summer

Zone Map

Year of the Horse