Archive for September 2025

One day after living in Nam Dinh, Vietnam and working at the medical school for a year, we were called into the administrator’s office.  We went with our interpreter, Mi, to find out what was happening. There was obviously a problem with something with our visa for staying and working there in Vietnam and the…

Growing up in New England, I learned to enjoy the changing of the seasons at a young age.  Just as you were becoming accustomed to a daily routine, the season would change offering different clothes, scenery, and activities.   Swimming and gardening switched to color tours and raking leaves. Before long, raking leaves switched to shoveling…