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It’s 5am. Mom quietly shuffles in to pick up baby Coraline. Her hands plagued with age and diabetic stiffness carefully cups Coraline’s little head against her chest. She sways and sings a lullaby. Mellow and sweet, it pierced my memory bank. Where did I hear that before? Familiar. Comforting. An hour passed by. Then I woke up wondering how I fell asleep. Continue Reading
“If you leave meat for a tiger, he’ll eat it and be full today but he’ll die tomorrow”.
Secretary Clinton’s agenda this week will mark a historic moment: visiting Vientiane, Laos. 57 years later, it’s the first for a U.S. Secretary of State since John Foster Dulles in 1955. Continue Reading
Since the first annual Lao American Writers Summit gathering took place in Minneapolis back in August 2010, like-minded Lao Americans Danny Khotsombath and Chanida Phaengdara Potter decided to write away about their experiences as Lao Americans raised in the Mild Mild Midwest. We also roped in our guest BLAOgger and award-winning Lao American writer, Bryan Thao Worra.