It’s a Brand New Year! It’s a Brand New Year! The whole internet is abuzz with 2009 reflections and 2010 resolutions as a new year rings in and the old year rolls out, while the evening before, families and friends gathered and drank celebrated the night away. I have to admit that since I have [...]
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The “People Spirit” Stories
The shadows created by the flickering flames of the fire danced like ghostly visitors within the confines of the bamboo-and-straw-made Hmong home. Outside, evening covered the village with her dark embrace. The cool blackness, illuminated only by the the twinkling stars and a thin sliver of moonlight, heightened the eeriness of the night. The straw-covered [...]
Hmong New Year Notes
No, I really am not confused nor am I trying to confuse you. This really is a post on the New Year. I know some of you are wondering why I am not writing a post on Thanksgiving or on Christmas when those holidays precede the New Year. That’s because the Hmong [...]
