Taste of Small Things 
A Tribute to Leonard Cohen: You Go Your Way
I would never call myself a great fan of Leonard Cohen – definitely not a fanatic like Eminem’s “Stan” describes. After all, like the endearing Cohen, I never call my prose and poetry works of art. To me, discovering Leonard Cohen (but what rights do I have to use the word “discover”?) is like a […]
#the man who went out in the night
We never talk about the man who went out in the night, You start the discussion – the one discussion that I never think you would start. I guess the word ‘never’ is a fickle word – a frivolous player who enjoys deceiving young girls’ hearts – but never mind. Do you want to talk […]
The Louki Within
A review of Patrick Modiano’s “In the Cafe of Lost Youth.” Choosing this book was not my rational decision. It was an impulse one. The news announced that a certain Mr. Patrick Modiano had won the Nobel Prize in literature and as a vain enthusiast of all literary things, I just had to buy the […]
#Postscript 3: “A Rose for Your Pocket,” A Translation
With inspiration from Thich Nhat Hanh’s “A Rose for Your Pocket,” The-My, Pham composed a song with the same title for the Vu-Lan Festival. In a time of political instability, his song resonated with the Vietnamese people and culture, whose respect and love for mothers are a universal truth. As discussed in blog post #5, […]
#5. A Mother’s Day’s Symbol: A Rose for Your Pocket
How can one celebrate Mother’s Day? Perhaps it starts with a sudden notification from the phone’s Calendar. One awakes one early morning, rushing to work, and in between the commute, seeing that May 12th is Mother’s Day. The promotions come in. The planning phase starts with what gifts to buy, where to have a fantastic […]
#Postscript 1: Some Positive Things to Snack On
Positive snacks to munch on. Because you are worth it.
#2. Brunei Boycott, Immigrant Detention: Human Rights vs. Economic Interests
From the Brunei hotels boycott to the arrest of 280 undocumented employees in Texas: a battle between human rights and economic interests.
