Me at the Windsor Plaza Hotel in District 5, Saigon. On my last trip to Vietnam, I noticed something that I had actually never taken into consideration before. It wasn't because I had never seen it. It was because I'd seen it so often that it never registered in my mind how incongruous it was... Continue Reading →
I got them!!! Pardon my appearance. I'm still fighting jet lag. I'll do a more thorough analysis of these three tektites when I have a bit more time.
An audio version of this post is available. Please click on the link below to listen to the post in its entirety. https://anchor.fm/s/dbba7148/podcast/rss What's pitted and scarred and filled with pock marks, yet is considered one of the sexiest objects out there? If your answer is 'tektites', you would be absolutely correct! At least you'd... Continue Reading →
I am writing this post on the plane, only hours after my departure from an area of the US known as Silicon Valley. Normally, it is within the zone that is considered Mediterranean and therefore quite mild; however, it's still smack dab in the middle of winter and still fairly cold. A heavy hailstorm hit... Continue Reading →
The Three-Boats Island is a rare jewel within a two-hour drive from the Pearl of the Orient. Located in the zone between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer, this area is a tropical paradise, mostly for the locals due to its close proximity to Sài Gòn. I've been wanting to write about this island... Continue Reading →
I was sitting on my favorite chair outside in my backyard the other day, minding my own business, enjoying the winter sunshine when something happened which caused me to rethink a very boring subject--geometry. Since it's almost spring here, and I live in a very mild Mediterranean climate, the flowers were starting to bloom and... Continue Reading →
(Continued from Human CCC 1: On the Confluence of Crows and Monkeys) You all know me by now. If there is anything I love about Taoism, it's that much of it can be backed up by science, with the rest of the more esoteric stuff, still yet to be proved, not because it's not based... Continue Reading →
There is an ancient tale--more like a myth really--that has to do with two non-human entities called Sơn Tinh (the mountain god) and Thủy Tinh (the water god). My family told me of this tale (and other) myths and legends when I was a kid, so I knew the gist of this story which was quite... Continue Reading →
(Continued from Following the Ancient Scent of Trầm Hương 1) In one of my previous posts, Following the Ancient Scent of Trầm Hương 1, I touched upon the agarwood tree and how oud was processed. This post digs deeper into the dendrology (study of trees) of agarwood and the various types of agar resins. Ancient Origins... Continue Reading →
(Continued from Cổ Trùng – Dark Sorcery 2) Now that you have a bona fide Cổ Trùng that can be at your beck and call, what now? What do you do with it, and how do you do it? Well, as it turns out, you can do quite a bit of damage if you know what... Continue Reading →
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