[Vientiane, 8/3/23] Leaving my Vientiane room just after 6AM each morning, I usually enter Wat Mixai, cross its grounds then exit into an alley where Cafe Vanille is. Today, that gate was still locked, so I had to take a much longer route to my favorite eatery and writing station. No problem. I could use the exercise.
This was particularly wonderful, from hanging by his heels, to the photos of wimmen providing food. Please get well, I recognise your physical sufferings, and have the same answer, tho' mine are minute in comparison, which makes me feel good - the opposite of schadenfreud.
Reading about your conversation with Michael and others, I am reminded how much more fun I had traveling solo before smartphones. When travelers had no phone or only dumb phones, they were more willing to chat with a stranger even if said stranger was an old white man.
The saddest experience I had traveling in our connected world was in a hostel in Athens. None of the young (I was the only codger) people talked to strangers. They all starred at their phones and laptops in the common area.
Linh, you do still have the knack for getting strangers to talk to you. Congrats
I agree....Scorpios are much different than Sagittarians. My mother was a triple Scorpio. Scorpios are psychic and very suspicious. Lovely photographs. I like it when you put them in the essay and I don't have to go back and click on them! Thanks, Linh.
It's better to be your own lab mouse than someone else's. The discoveries are yours for better or worse. You've chosen a wonderful laboratory Linh; people, places, words and experiences.
An essay in the spirit of Michael Montaigne. Your unique way of seeing the world (and reality, whatever that may be?) is a fresh breeze on a sultry, stifling (Global Warming) summer day, Mr. Dinh.
I don't know if the future is romantic but it's definitely hot and inflationary.
People born in Scorpio, the first 2/3 of November, are thought to be driven, suspicious, cynical and paranoid. People born in Sagittarius, last third of November, are usually broad-minded, freedom-loving and great travelers. Since adjacent signs have a hard time seeing eye to eye, monthly personality types must cobble together contradictory traits.
over the weekend spouse and self discovered a documentary science series on amazon prime - made in france in 2013 - "the voyage of the continents"
>>This extraordinary series is a sweeping account of the rise of Earth's continents. They are the product of a grand waltz of plate tectonics and the continual evolution of Earth's crust. As landmasses assemble and separate, they fuel volcanoes and spark earthquakes, building mountains and tearing valleys. We see the Earth, eons in the making, through the eyes of geologists and other scientists.<<
the scale of space and time, and the variety of lifeforms, extinct and extant, in this series is helpful to me as i try to move my mind from collapse-awareness to collapse-acceptance - the human experiment was remarkable, but all things must pass - as kate bush sang, "life is sad - and so is love"
thank you for carrying on, linh, and continue to enjoy your time, the food you eat, and the people and animals you meet - may peace be with us all
alwayssomething wonderful from Linh Dinh
This was particularly wonderful, from hanging by his heels, to the photos of wimmen providing food. Please get well, I recognise your physical sufferings, and have the same answer, tho' mine are minute in comparison, which makes me feel good - the opposite of schadenfreud.
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Reading about your conversation with Michael and others, I am reminded how much more fun I had traveling solo before smartphones. When travelers had no phone or only dumb phones, they were more willing to chat with a stranger even if said stranger was an old white man.
The saddest experience I had traveling in our connected world was in a hostel in Athens. None of the young (I was the only codger) people talked to strangers. They all starred at their phones and laptops in the common area.
Linh, you do still have the knack for getting strangers to talk to you. Congrats
I agree....Scorpios are much different than Sagittarians. My mother was a triple Scorpio. Scorpios are psychic and very suspicious. Lovely photographs. I like it when you put them in the essay and I don't have to go back and click on them! Thanks, Linh.
It's better to be your own lab mouse than someone else's. The discoveries are yours for better or worse. You've chosen a wonderful laboratory Linh; people, places, words and experiences.
An essay in the spirit of Michael Montaigne. Your unique way of seeing the world (and reality, whatever that may be?) is a fresh breeze on a sultry, stifling (Global Warming) summer day, Mr. Dinh.
I don't know if the future is romantic but it's definitely hot and inflationary.
People born in Scorpio, the first 2/3 of November, are thought to be driven, suspicious, cynical and paranoid. People born in Sagittarius, last third of November, are usually broad-minded, freedom-loving and great travelers. Since adjacent signs have a hard time seeing eye to eye, monthly personality types must cobble together contradictory traits.
over the weekend spouse and self discovered a documentary science series on amazon prime - made in france in 2013 - "the voyage of the continents"
>>This extraordinary series is a sweeping account of the rise of Earth's continents. They are the product of a grand waltz of plate tectonics and the continual evolution of Earth's crust. As landmasses assemble and separate, they fuel volcanoes and spark earthquakes, building mountains and tearing valleys. We see the Earth, eons in the making, through the eyes of geologists and other scientists.<<
the scale of space and time, and the variety of lifeforms, extinct and extant, in this series is helpful to me as i try to move my mind from collapse-awareness to collapse-acceptance - the human experiment was remarkable, but all things must pass - as kate bush sang, "life is sad - and so is love"
thank you for carrying on, linh, and continue to enjoy your time, the food you eat, and the people and animals you meet - may peace be with us all