Archives for March 2019

How to cross the streets of Saigon without getting killed nor maimed

30 March 2019

(I’ve tried, repeatedly, to call it Ho Chi Minh City. But I can’t get used to it. So…) One afternoon in Saigon, Alex asked if we could go to the Museum of …

According to Vice, Dick Cheney inadvertently caused the birth of ISIS

21 March 2019

If you had asked me ten years ago what I knew about Dick Cheney, the first thing I would have said was “He and his friends made a lot of money in the Iraq War.” …

Easy noodle soup with Tai O style clam sauce

14 November 2026 » Cooking» In the kitchen

Frozen dumplings and hotpot-style seafood balls, chicken broth straight out of a carton, instant noodles and fresh spinach. It would have been just another noodle soup were not for the addition of a lovely sauce I bought in Hong Kong.

Holiday paper crafts

13 November 2026 » Creating» In the den

The girls and I used to make holiday paper projects together once Christmas vacation started. Creative activities to while away the long days. It was fun. It was a great opportunity for bonding. It felt good to create something pretty; it felt even better to be able to create together.

A story about a fish, a volcano and a book

12 November 2026 » Elsewhere

This is a story about a fish that can be found in only one lake, and that lake is in the caldera of a volcano. But to tell that story, I first have to write about a book I found lying around in a house overlooking the lake and volcano.