I was not even aware of this event, but today’s feature does commemorate the tragedy that occurred in spite of the good this event did.  On this date in 1975, one of the planes involved in Operation Babylift (U.S. operation to remove orphans following the Vietnam War were flown from Vietnam and other countries) crashed only twelve minutes after take-off.  […]

I know that the Vietnam War was a difficult period in U.S. history, but today’s feature concerns a very important quote from that area of the world.  On this date in 1945, Ho Chi Minh said, “The entire Vietnamese people are determined to sacrifice their lives and property in order to safeguard their independence and liberty.”  He was the president […]

  ABOUT FLESH The setting is Tonkin (northern Vietnam) at the turn of the 20th century. A boy, Tai, witnesses the beheading of his father, a notorious bandit, and sets out to recover his head and then to find the man who betrayed his father to the authorities. On this quest, Tai’s entire world will shift. FLESH takes the reader […]