As I see it, you now live in the cultural borderlands. Perhaps because of that your writing sometimes seems surreal; I love it.
I would come to Ea Kly to visit. I’m sure I would learn something. But time’s taken its toll, and I very well might not survive the effort, which might be inconvenient for you. From my point of view, of course, any day is good day to die, and so is any place.
If you're willing to come, I'll come and get you in Saigon and bring you up here, and you can stay as long as you like. We live rather primitively here, though, and the food is generally bad. At dawn and after dusk, it is cool, but the rest of the day is hot, so my shirt is often soaked. Typing this, I'm sitting at Mrs. Ha's cafe, at exactly the same table in the photo. A baby plays on the dirt near me. Vehicles zoom by constantly, kicking up dirt. A short walk away, though, the fields begin. Chickens, ducks and cows are common sights, and even goats are sometimes seen, feeding in the open. Only pigs are always kept in their pens. In the midst of all this, I wouldn't mind dying myself!
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Hi Linh,
As I see it, you now live in the cultural borderlands. Perhaps because of that your writing sometimes seems surreal; I love it.
I would come to Ea Kly to visit. I’m sure I would learn something. But time’s taken its toll, and I very well might not survive the effort, which might be inconvenient for you. From my point of view, of course, any day is good day to die, and so is any place.
Hi Rudy,
If you're willing to come, I'll come and get you in Saigon and bring you up here, and you can stay as long as you like. We live rather primitively here, though, and the food is generally bad. At dawn and after dusk, it is cool, but the rest of the day is hot, so my shirt is often soaked. Typing this, I'm sitting at Mrs. Ha's cafe, at exactly the same table in the photo. A baby plays on the dirt near me. Vehicles zoom by constantly, kicking up dirt. A short walk away, though, the fields begin. Chickens, ducks and cows are common sights, and even goats are sometimes seen, feeding in the open. Only pigs are always kept in their pens. In the midst of all this, I wouldn't mind dying myself!
Linh
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