It's Sunday morning and after breakfast the students are weeding the lawn in front of the offices. It's a tedious job of pulling the crab grass, but the soil is soft because it rained yesterday.
This is Tien. He has been coming every summer to study music since my first year visiting five years ago. I have seen him grow these past few years and the teachers say he is the best student.
Typical guys...a few work and the others are superintendents.
In the summers I spend time with my good friends in Phat Diem, Vietnam, a small country village with a world famous cathedral. Here are some of my musings. If you would like to correspond, please email me: garymeegan@gmail.com.
Sunday, June 10, 2012
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Yes, Dinh had a run in with a bee. It seems he was pruning the trees and a little one decided he did not like the look on Dinh's face. ...
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As you can imagine, anniversaries are just as important here in Vietnam as they are in the States. As it was Bishop Joseph's 23rd annive...
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Festival tomorrow, so it was time again to stock up on pork. Two professional butchers come and do this, humanely slaughtering the ani...