I have now been on my island paradise one full day and yet, I know it will take more time to fully shake the agitations of Saigon, all of which I packed and brought with me.
I stood outside and thought about it, then I thought some more. Once again, I had found myself high up, continually climbing, ludicrously skyward, the 23rd floor to be exact.
The other night I was sitting in an Russian restaurant surreptitiously eavesdropping on the only other occupied table: two married couples, one older and one younger, North American, Christian…very