TO ALL SOUTH VIETNAMESE-AMERICANS: ON LOSING ONE'S COUNTRIES OVER AND OVER TO EVERY TYPE OF WAR, AND GENOCIDE:

IN THE EARLY MORNING MISTS HERE, MEMORIES OF MAINE ROLL IN LIKE THE THICK FOGS, IN LUBEC, MAINE, WITH THE SOUND OF THE SPARKPLUG LIGHT HOUSE NEARBY. I LONG FOR THE SIMPLICITY OF NOT HAVING TO LOCK SO MANY THINGS UP. NOW, THE VARIOUS THINGS REQUIRE SO MUCH SECURITY, IT MAKES A SIMPLE CELLPHONE A PAIN TO USE. IF YOU LOSE YOUR PURSE FROM SIGHT, OR YOUR CAR WITH PERSONAL INFORMATION IN IT, IT'S LIKE NOT HAVING YOUR CARRY-ON LUGGAGE ATTACHED TO YOU, WHILE AT JFK AIRPORT. I HATE THE MODERN STYLES OF COMFORTERS WITH DUVET COVERS, THAT UNQUILTED LOOK. PERHAPS THE QUILTERS OF MAINE HOLD THE SECRET TO CREATING A SAFER, BETTER COMMUNITY THAN HERE IN THE BIG CITY. I ALSO MISS LABRADOR RETRIEVERS, AND GRAMMY'S BISCUITS FROM SCRATCH.

HERE'S A POEM FOR THE DAY:

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/47536

THE THEMES OF LOSS, OF BEREAVEMENT ARE SELDOM DISCUSSED IN THE STOIC, SOUTH VIETNAMESE CULTURE, FOR MANY FIRST-GENERATION IMMIGRANTS. THOSE UNSPOKEN EMOTIONS ARE BETTER EXPRESSED OPENLY, THAN KEPT LOCKED UP, BEHIND A BRAVE FACADE.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=2xpyMvYYGjY

TODAY, I BELIEVE THAT MORE THAI PIRATES CAN SUFFER MORE LOSSES OF LIVES, FOR THE V.C. ARE OUTNUMBERING ALL THE DISABLED VETERANS IN LITTLE SAIGON'S. BY THE WAY, WHOSEVER BELIEVES IT SAFE TO TRAVEL AROUND CAPE HORN WITHOUT ARMED SECURITY NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM EVERY DUTY, INCLUDING THOSE DISNEY CRUISES. IT SEEMS MORE PRACTICAL TO ACCEPT LOSS, AFTER SURVIVING SO MANY TRAGEDIES. IT SEEMS PRACTICAL TO ERADICATE CONFLICTS AGGRESSIVELY, WITHOUT SUCH EXCESSIVE LIBERALISM, THAT LITTLE SAIGON'S ORPHANS END UP IN CHINA, ENSLAVED TO NEWER "THAI PIRATES."