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tuesday
I don’t have many days left with my ladies, in fact this is where i will leave them..
addendum: for those that are interested though, i left the hotel on thursday and by then the women had already cleared this patch of green and moved on to one closer to my window. -
new day, new field to sow.
At first when I woke up this morning, they weren’t there. I got a little sad but realized hey maybe they are done…Then I fell asleep again and a half hour later, there they were, and today they have help. They have started on another field of green and they are moving fast. I am trying to think of each day as just a section of field that needs to … Continue reading
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this one is for jia.
Thanks for fixing the type on the blog jia! It’s so much easier to read now. Maybe you can use this video for your project (minus the audio of course)..
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Saturday night pagodas and candlelight.
Saturday night KL and I went across the river for two celebrations: a world-wide festival and to celebrate SL + KL’s belated birthdays. It started off with an impromptu visit to the Pagoda to leave our bikes in a safe place since the streets were “walk only” that night.
We ended up having tea with the nuns-in-training and doing a sort of half charade conversation with a little part Vietnamese part … Continue reading
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e and lieu: old friends.
This is Lieu and I kicking it on a breezy Saturday afternoon. It happened to be really quiet around the workshop yesterday as i walked by on my way back from some retail therapy down at the shops. My fave lady Lieu was sitting here peacefully making some of her beautiful collage cards. (She also makes wine bags that are gorgeous.) Next thing you know, I stopped in for a … Continue reading
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work work work.
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My new friends.
Here is our workspace and the amazing workers within it: Sang, my amazing interpreter/co-teacher, is so good at making the books now, she doesn’t need me at all.. She is standing to the left of me in the first picture. Her English is amazing & her patience with my non-existent Vietnamese is hilarious.
I am here teaching a 6 day workshop to 6 new potential craftspeople in hopes that the product … Continue reading
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This is why I am really here: the workshop.
There is a non-profit group called Lifestart Foundation, that works out of Hoi An (& Australia) on behalf of people who are in need of assistance in order to live. The range of people that Lifestart serves is wide and ever growing: young, old, able-bodied, disabled, etc. I am here as part of an … Continue reading
