Journey to Peace Village

The Thomas Wolfe quote "you can't go home again" has been used so much that it has been a cliche. But yet it sums up my somew...

First I saw a thin white veil dropping from the sky a smell like guava the white covered me and I could no longer see the forest the fish ro...

Today's lesson: you're never too old to become a student. I became a student of Mai Huong today. She's a young woman with a lear...

One of my activities this hot, hot summer is helping my student Chien try to find a job. She just graduated from the University of Communic...

Oftentimes, I'm really proud of my students. Last week I went to Ha Tay near Hanoi with my student Huy. Huy is handicapped, but he nev...

I was very happy to attend my student Chien's graduation last week. Chien graduated from the Transportation and Communications Universi...

Tooling around Hanoi, I've often felt that it really wasn't much bigger than Milwaukee in terms of physical size. For example, going...