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14 Nov TIO SE Asia: Dispatch 2, Good-bye Vietnam, Hello Cambodia
Ed. Note: Photos to follow. We are internet constrained, but want to publish this post in a timely fashion. Living the life of luxury on the Mekong River can entail an early get-up: specifically, the tai chi session on the pool deck begins at 0630....
14 Nov “Moonlight”: Yet Another Love Letter
We keep capturing the rapture, the limelight, surrounding Telluride Film Festival regular and student alum Barry Jenkins’ latest project. His “Moonlight” screened at the 43rd annual gathering of cinephiles over Labor Day weekend. It opened in general release on November 4. Wherever the movie was screened, critics have tripped over...
13 Nov The Short Version: Election Reactions & Women Who Ran
The point of it all is to break down the headlines, determine why an issue is important and reveal the best arguments on each side of the story. In some of the most recent iterations of The Short Version, Cleo Abram looked at the pros and cons...
13 Nov Tall Tales: “Hand to God,” A Review
“Hand to God” now up at Denver’s Curious Theatre Company through December 17, 2016. Tickets here. Our Denver theater critic, award-winning author Mark Stevens, reviews the production. “Hand to God” thrives on the good side of outrageous. It’s juicy and meaty. It’s absurd and wickedly funny....
13 Nov TIO SE Asia: Jayavarman, Dispatch, Day 1
Tai, a former teacher, switched careers and has worked in the travel/cruise industry for over 10 years. On the hour-and-a-half bus ride from Saigon, ok, Ho Chi Minh City, to My Tho, where we would board our boat, he gave us the requisite chapter and verse about the Mekong...
11 Nov For Veterans (& Everyone) on Veteran’s Day
In Vietnam now. Ironically. Received this story from Jesse James Mctigue today. She picked up the link from NPR. It is about a daughter who explored her father’s PTSD, the result of his service in the Vietnam War. Documentary is inserted below. Editor’s Note: NPR’s Kara Frame...
11 Nov TIO SE Asia: Danang & Hoi An & Saigon Chaser
A fisherman gets caught in a storm, but he is rescued by a magical turtle. The turtle gives the young man an egg, telling him that he to guard it well; one day he will know why. When that day comes, when the egg grows and grows and cracks open, the five...
10 Nov TIO SE Asia: The Dragon & The Watermelon Boat
Editor’s note: Early in my commercial flying career I had the opportunity to learn to fly seaplanes. I never really improved on that initial training, but I retained enough to appreciate the skills of the pilots flying the Cessna Caravan on amphibious floats that returned...