The view from under my bodhi tree on a misty morning
Anyone who has been following me on this blog or on Twitter knows that I’ve been working on my book Breakfast Under the Bodhi Tree, about travelling and living in Viet Nam, for some time now. Several of the essays have already been published. A couple of days ago, Issue 51.2 of PRISM International came out and the title piece of my book is included among the many fine short stories, essays and poems. PRISM has dubbed 51.2 “The Food and Drink Issue”. I haven’t received my copy yet, but with food and drink as the subject, it may just turn out to be my favourite PRISM issue yet.
Under the bodhi tree is where I drink coffee and eat breakfast almost every day these days. My essay is all about the friends, family and neighbours I meet there each day, the two women who prepare the food and coffee, and the bodhi tree itself. Hope you’ll pick up a copy of the issue and join me in my favourite place by the banks of Hue City’s Perfume River.
PRISM will also be posting a selection of my photographs on their website soon. Stay tuned for details!
Very pretty spot to enjoy coffee and culture! Are you looking for a publisher for the book or are you going to self-publish?
One of my favourite spots! I’ll be lookin g for a publisher soon. Have decided to try that route first.
hi Chris! so good about your Bodhi Tree story in Prism. Congratulations. and i have a mail for you, an idea for the january moments – and looked, but don’t seem to find your mail – could you mail me at editor@blueprintreview.de ? then i mail back. have a lovely weekend – Dorothee
Thanks so much, Dorothee! And I love your idea! Am looking forward to seeing the final results.
Wonderfully subtle colours that promise something to come.
It’s often like that in the morning in Hue. All misty and you don’t know what kind of day is coming. Mysterious.
Very exciting to have Prism publish your story! I’m so pleased for you. The bhodi tree looks like a lovely setting for breakfast every morning. I’ll try not to be too envious.
Thanks, Kern! It is a lovely place to sit! Enough that I was moved to write about it.