tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post1983114037665596161..comments2024-03-20T16:46:13.343-04:00Comments on Marly Youmans / The Palace at 2:00 a.m. / poems, stories, novels: Michael's Adventure in VietnamMarly Youmanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-68783285934292996402016-03-17T22:45:36.489-04:002016-03-17T22:45:36.489-04:00I want to go next time!I want to go next time!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-65788974574285510962015-08-19T07:55:37.823-04:002015-08-19T07:55:37.823-04:00Vietnam sounds like an extraordinary place to disc...Vietnam sounds like an extraordinary place to discover! Somerset Spa Girlhttp://www.holbrookhouse.co.uk/somerset-spanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-8069729614641806132011-03-03T08:48:38.307-05:002011-03-03T08:48:38.307-05:00Postscript: This post garnered more than a 100 com...Postscript: This post garnered more than a 100 comments over three links in various places, so it clearly moved people. It is a fascinating story, isn't it? I already have writers bugging me to turn it into a story. I imagine Mike should do that, not me!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62279610990959666032011-03-01T10:50:04.329-05:002011-03-01T10:50:04.329-05:00Hi Clare--
I'm afraid that I laughed heartily...Hi Clare--<br /><br />I'm afraid that I laughed heartily at that point. Though I don't see him that way at all!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-50913039255003946962011-03-01T10:45:01.777-05:002011-03-01T10:45:01.777-05:00Hilarious! Your husband writes wonderful letters ...Hilarious! Your husband writes wonderful letters - I love the description of why, exactly, his age doesn't matter.Clare Dudmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197558842580794165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-62271796862073977502011-02-28T10:11:17.825-05:002011-02-28T10:11:17.825-05:00So far he always bobs along and flows with the str...So far he always bobs along and flows with the stream. But yes, I know what you mean!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-3295097016619591792011-02-28T10:07:11.079-05:002011-02-28T10:07:11.079-05:00Better send him the newsclip about the nice yacht ...Better send him the newsclip about the nice yacht couple and their friends kilt by Sudanese (??) pirates. If this lady picked him out of a crowd because he was plump and red, a real kidnapper might do the same--<br /><br />Innocent better not go Abroad lest he be picked up by a broad, I think--How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-61142651434936901962011-02-28T09:36:49.625-05:002011-02-28T09:36:49.625-05:00Adventures are good but time-consuming. Hard to ge...Adventures are good but time-consuming. Hard to get one's work done... And when I got back from Thailand, I kept falling asleep. For three weeks! They say coming back in the other direction is better. It could hardly be worse.<br /><br />Yes, he is very wild. Let's see. Recent-ish adventures in Turkey, Greece, Yukon, Crazy Mountains (by Yellowstone), Sweden, Thailand, Cambodia.<br /><br /Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-60006899044260280952011-02-28T09:20:55.788-05:002011-02-28T09:20:55.788-05:00I saw this coming from a mile away.
Paul...wrong c...I saw this coming from a mile away.<br />Paul...wrong country: shotgun perhaps, but not shogun.<br />How exciting it must be to have a husband who has adventures, if more than a bit nerve-wracking.<br />Mine only wants to play golf and stay in one place. I sympathize, though I want to do neither of those things myself. I would be the one going on adventures, if I could.Robbi N.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04881145195435485238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-26095523499960475862011-02-28T09:16:41.890-05:002011-02-28T09:16:41.890-05:00Okay, now I have added a colorfully emaciated Goya...Okay, now I have added a colorfully emaciated Goya-esque crone to my mental picture.<br /><br />The Minder. Of course, I was his minder in Thailand and Cambodia! But he has gone all sorts of places and done exactly what the setting and chance urged... And that's what is worrying!<br /><br />I even worry about him when there are no people, like when he was way north in the Yukon with nothing Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13040474169326706172011-02-28T09:00:43.494-05:002011-02-28T09:00:43.494-05:00COLD CRONE was supposed to be "old crone"...COLD CRONE was supposed to be "old crone"--she's always hanging out in Goya's pictures of whore houses and such. <br /><br />He clearly needs a minder--to save him from evil fish lunches with ugly fiancees, and other calamities.How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31915785164309974292011-02-28T08:14:37.735-05:002011-02-28T08:14:37.735-05:00Hannah,
Yes, he ought to turn it into something a...Hannah,<br /><br />Yes, he ought to turn it into something a little longer! <br /><br />Mary,<br /><br />One of my cousins was reading it and said his battery died in the middle--he was expecting something harrowing when he powered up again.<br /><br />We had many interesting and odd events the last time we were in that part of the world. And for some reason, in Cambodia I was a confession magnetMarly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-14950535094404504332011-02-28T07:56:27.254-05:002011-02-28T07:56:27.254-05:00He's lucky not to have been kidnapped! At firs...He's lucky not to have been kidnapped! At first, I thought Phuong was going to be Dr. Mai. When he got to wareny part of town, i was sure he was on his way to a brothel. When the scooter guy comes, and the cold crone appears, I was sure of it. But the decor seemed a bit odd for that. and then the Doctor-in-Law passes out in the kitchen. (Do brothels have Doctor-in-laws?)Did he ever find How to contact Mary: marybullington53@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08174581825078147922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-23679214192235094092011-02-28T07:20:51.131-05:002011-02-28T07:20:51.131-05:00This is amazingly funny and sweet...a short story ...This is amazingly funny and sweet...a short story in the making. :)Hannah Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15792203070774504501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-31984241106696077922011-02-28T07:09:06.502-05:002011-02-28T07:09:06.502-05:00Marja-leena: Fixed!Marja-leena: Fixed!Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13023818391914127612011-02-28T06:54:27.964-05:002011-02-28T06:54:27.964-05:00Ah, I shall go back and clarify... I already knew ...Ah, I shall go back and clarify... I already knew about "Dr. Mai," so he didn't need to make that clear in a letter...Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-81269696981592612392011-02-28T00:45:13.488-05:002011-02-28T00:45:13.488-05:00Hilarious story, one for both you and your husband...Hilarious story, one for both you and your husband to remember a long time! But, I'm confused - is Phuong also this Dr. Mai your husband was waiting to meet? Sorry, perhaps I'm being too literal here.marja-leenahttp://www.marja-leena-rathje.infonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-69643836318481534702011-02-27T23:11:31.037-05:002011-02-27T23:11:31.037-05:00zephyr: definitely!
ajunker: Is that A for Albert...zephyr: definitely!<br /><br />ajunker: Is that A for Albert? Yes, well, as I said on facebook, it is also sad. Yes, it is both hilarious and poignant. Happily married to a plump red man! Luckily I don't think that a very accurate description...<br /><br />Ruth: Yes, I think it is full of possibilities.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-40867714329668000462011-02-27T22:35:28.660-05:002011-02-27T22:35:28.660-05:00Oh my! If it weren't in a blog, I would think...Oh my! If it weren't in a blog, I would think this was short story fiction. And given the discription of the setting, it could be a screen play for an indie movie...LOLRuth Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01617630467892800614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-86993971444880484642011-02-27T22:28:21.831-05:002011-02-27T22:28:21.831-05:00It is good that Michael is happily married, and qu...It is good that Michael is happily married, and quite a humourous story if it didn't have the wry twist of that poor girl's unhappy un-married state in the eyes of her family. Glad nothing was mixed in the beer, although it seems it was oowerful enough by itself.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013022449463563843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-13778976742626488422011-02-27T22:08:49.207-05:002011-02-27T22:08:49.207-05:00I think it sounds like a pitch that would launch a...I think it sounds like a pitch that would launch a bidding war! 8^}zephyrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-12788289497320932712011-02-27T21:34:36.024-05:002011-02-27T21:34:36.024-05:00zephyr,
Can you imagine what Hollywood would do w...zephyr,<br /><br />Can you imagine what Hollywood would do with a beginning like that?Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-64584176414437071472011-02-27T21:29:43.329-05:002011-02-27T21:29:43.329-05:00"...stranger than fiction!"
what a hoot!..."...stranger than fiction!"<br />what a hoot!!zephyrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-51144637289512654072011-02-27T21:24:01.077-05:002011-02-27T21:24:01.077-05:00Julie-from-facebook: I liked "warreny" a...Julie-from-facebook: I liked "warreny" as well!<br /><br />Paul: Shogun wedding! Hah. A writer left me a note on fb that this was definitely a story that you wanted to hear from your husband and not somebody else!<br /><br />Yes, it is outrageous. So surprising. And yes, I'd like to see that interior.Marly Youmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02377938366750387442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11539948.post-47628187695278312732011-02-27T21:21:24.257-05:002011-02-27T21:21:24.257-05:00Fantastically, wonderfully absurd!
Thank goodness...Fantastically, wonderfully absurd!<br /><br />Thank goodness there was no Shogun wedding!<br /><br />I loved the stuff about the house interior. Oh, how interesting those photos must be!Paul Digbynoreply@blogger.com