Tag: Culture

Biking the Great Divide– A Highlight!

As this year comes to a close, I still remember fondly the months I spent bicycling the Continental Divide from New Mexico to Montana. At first I thought it would be a physical challenge to go the entire north-south length of the United States, about 2000 miles.  In the beginning, it was.  But as the …

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Giỗ – An Annual Remembrance

In December, my family had our annual giỗ ̣(pronounced yoh) for Ruth .  Giỗ is the Vietnamese word for the annual remembrance of a family member on the event of their death.  In Asian cultures, it is a death anniversary which is observed every year.  Japanese, Korean, Chinese and other Asian cultures honor this tradition (For …

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I So Much Wanted to Vote for Prop 46

I so much wanted to vote Yes on Proposition 46. In the end, though, I will not be voting Yes, but not for the reasons the Vote No on 46 wants you to believe. I actually find myself siding with the Vote Yes on 46 camp, so it is with much sadness and dread that …

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First Travel in Years

So this year I took my first travel after Ruth’s death.  Truthfully, there is no fun in going anywhere any more, and I’ve had no desire to travel. But I am doing this for a number of reasons.  The first is to force myself out of my doldrums.  Even though traveling without your significant other …

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A PostModern Grief?

I miss Ruth so much.  There was this one person on this earth who understood me well, all aspects of me.  In the terms of this culture, she was my “soul-mate.”  No matter how odd my actions and thoughts were, she would listen—and understand.  But that person is no more. In my grief, I’ve thought …

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