It's that time of the year again, when the days will start to lengthen and we begin to move out of the shortened darkened days. I do realize that this vantage point only works if we are on this side of the globe, since those who live on the other side of the globe experience... Continue Reading →
Hope everyone has a safe and blessed holiday season.
As of late, I know that I have been covering many very very dark subjects, some of which are quite strange and spooky and quite contrary to my usual bright optimistic take on life in general. It seems as if the darkness has taken over my writings, perhaps indicating the creeping darkness that might be... Continue Reading →
If you have been reading anything I've written so far in regards to possessions (of the spiritual kind, not of the monetary sort), it would seem as if we Asians view possession as something that is, in and of itself, just an interesting and time-tested method to communicate with folks existing in an alternate dimension. ... Continue Reading →
(continued from The Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain 2) From above, she could see the old wizard carrying her body toward a flat rock, and began an incessant muttering, barely pausing just to take a breath. It sounded like a chant or a spell-binding, but she could understand his words completely. He was telling her... Continue Reading →
(Continued from The Demon of Thất Diệu Mountain) Kim Điền was taken to the court wizard, a frail old man of wizened stature, but with eyes that pierced through one's soul. She had only met him once before, but she knew who he was---the Royal High Wizard Cao Sơn. He looked at Kim Điền, and... Continue Reading →
Once upon a time, (in the year 208 BC to be exact), there was a beautiful princess named Kim Điền. One of the youngest children of Emperor Hùng Duệ Vương 18th of Vietnam, she was born to a minor concubine, but stood out amongst her siblings as a stunning beauty with high intellect. Gifted with... Continue Reading →
I have resisted talking about COVID 19 for months now because I wanted this space to be the one spot that doesn't have more of the same chaos that is swirling all around us, but today, my area has just been put on SIP (shelter in place) and we will be stuck inside until at... Continue Reading →
At the end of an old street named Phan Chu Trinh, in the ancient city of Hội An, there is a very old banyan tree. This banyan tree held a secret for many many years, until one day, that secret was revealed. The banyan tree had, at the foot of its trunk, a miếu (a... Continue Reading →
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to own a very special instrument called the tỳ bà (琵琶) so I grabbed it with both hands. It is a stringed instrument that looks like a cross between the guitar and the harp but sounds like a very Asian lute. This instrument originated somewhere in ancient... Continue Reading →
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