I noticed them on my first solo trip to Bangkok in 2024, before I knew what they were. Small, ornate houses standing outside hotels, offices, shops, homes. Bright colors, pointed roofs, sometimes elevated on a single pillar, sometimes on several. Someone was clearly tending to them. Fresh flowers. Little plates of food. What looked...
How a Mall Visit Led Me to Kulitan and Kapampangan History
A couple of years ago, we were doing what people usually do in malls: walking without urgency, half-bored, half-curious, letting time pass. Then we saw him. A man seated behind a small booth in the middle of the mall, quietly writing something that did not look familiar. The letters were elegant, deliberate, almost ceremonial....
