For six months, I was into everything but teaching at the university where I have been a lecturer, once a week, for the past eight years. ...

Farrah Fawcett’s death on the same day as Michael Jackson’s is getting much less column inches in periodicals and airtime on broadcast medi...

The time has come for my ClustrMaps to be archived: I am surprised and delighted at how many cyber friends visited my site in 365 days....

My doctor just warned me about my rising blood sugar. He gave me a list of food I can stare at but not eat. Here's one. I am staring ...

Leddy was more of a cousin than the cousin-in-law that she actually was. When she married my first cousin, Benny, and came into our clan, i...

This photo was taken when I was six. I could never forget why I wasn't smiling despite the photographer's hilarious antics, whic...

After nine years in the US of A, Lucy comes home for a short vacation. Naturally, all of us, her XDYR friends, are falling over ourselv...

No doubt about it, former President Cory Aquino was a paragon of humility. During her term, she preferred to be called "Cory." S...

I have always valued the opinions of former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Isagani A. Cruz . He is a legal luminary with formidabl...

The day was exceptionally hot—recorded as the hottest day in years—but I was having chills. Tony’s lined jacket felt like tulle; and our b...

Before Adrian and his parents went home, I had to fly to Cebu for an overnight stay. I was invited to the OMF “She Day” annual affair which...

Our little guest is now en route back to Michigan with his parents. Two weeks ended all too soon. During his very brief stay with us, the ...

Amah (Chinese honorific for mother of my father) may not be in any of the pictures, but I sure was an eyewitness to all the big events betw...

Idle web surfing brings surprising grace. I found this on the net, in a blog called The Book Buzz . It’s an interesting, incisive site that...

This little birthday boy is in town for a short visit. Naturally, I am closing shop, for at least two weeks. Last year was a time of...

When my friend Eli announced she and her husband were leaving for the US for a medical check-up, I grabbed the chance to plead, “Please, ple...

After I announced that my sister Aie was converting our parents' old house in the province into a public library, friends and relatives ...

This canister contains 27 lofty dreams. I have it in my possession because I want to pray for each of them as often as I can. The caniste...