(...continued from Part 1) His name was Dương Thi. He was barely 20 years old when he married the headstrong, talented, intelligent, and beautiful Trưng Trắc, princess of the Mê Linh region, a province north of present-day Hà Nội. His father, Dương Thái Bình, who was the king's physician and also part of the royal family, ascended to the throne after... Continue Reading →
Ancient Áo Dài
I have always been a tomboy. I may not look like it now, but back in high school, I lived in jeans and tee shirts. I played guitar instead of dolls, and I read science-fiction instead of romance novels. My favorite color was black. My favorite music was rock. Shopping bored me (it still does)... Continue Reading →
Đông Sơn Drums
Yep, that's me! I rock at drums!!! ...OK, so I'm not a drummer girl. Actually, if Pete, the drummer of my band heard me calling myself a Drummer Girl, he'd laugh is head off. I suck at timing. No. I really suck at timing. I don't care, though. I like to bang on drums and... Continue Reading →
The Trưng Sisters (Part 1)
Girls born into this century are so lucky. Not only are we able to go to school, we are also able to lead in many things, including business, politics, sports and the sciences. Even so, we still have quite a ways to go before we can be seen as equal to the guys---equal enough in... Continue Reading →
I Ching: Made in Vietnam (Part 4)
The weather has certainly been frigid here for the last few days. It is to be expected. We're only one week into the first week of January. I am sitting here drinking hot tea to stay warm and wishing spring would get here already. It's too damn cold! Spring brings with her not just gorgeous... Continue Reading →
I Ching: Made in Vietnam (Part 3)
It may seem as if there is no point to many of my posts, as they diverge in very different areas. What I am attempting to do is to try to connect some far-flung dots by setting everything down in a concrete fashion that I can then use as anchor points with which to start... Continue Reading →
I Ching: Made in Vietnam (Part 2)
SOMETIMES I FEEL SO BOXED IN!!!! I have this almost unhealthy obsession to seek out so many things that are still existing at the razor sharp edge between the newly dogmatic accepted-truth and para-quasi-semi-fantasy-sci-fi-hallucinatory-magik-alchemy-mumbo-jumbo. It always starts off the same. One moment, I'm looking through a magazine trying to pick out a new perfume... Continue Reading →
I Ching: Made in Vietnam (Part 1)
The I Ching originated in Vietnam? WOOOWWW!!! Talk about shattering the age-old glass of firmly entrenched and ancient ideology, this one takes the cake! Does this claim have even a leg to stand on? Is there any definitive proof? But more importantly, do we even care any more, at this late date, what with knowledge... Continue Reading →
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