Hmong word of the day: huab cua

lilian thaoxaochay
Nov 6 · 2 min read

Excerpt from my personal dictionary

I’ve always had a liking for storms. We don’t get that many spectacular ones in the Central Valley — not to be mistaken for Central California, especially not Central Coast California which has lovely, lovely storms, pushing and pulling gunmetal gray waves of water to and fro.

Certain storms have almost made me want to stay in places I could otherwise leave behind without a backward glance. For example, Wisconsin and Washington, DC.

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