Four movies, two restaurants, and three coffee shops—all in 10 hours. That was last Saturday, my day with my two boys, son number one and...

I ask that question because I haven’t seen this van either. My friend, Luis, who sent me this photo is more fortunate than I am. He even ...

Of all the days in the year, my Kodak camera conks out on me. Just when I really need it to take a picture of the sheet of paper that is h...

A front page item on July 12 (encircled above) was an early Sunday morning grace. It also made me flush like an over-ripe tomato. Phi...

A road trip to Baler, Aurora is a treat that doesn’t come every day. Tony and JR packed their bags and were determined to have a grand weeke...

As soon as Adrian got back to Grand Rapids, Michigan, after an 18-day vacation in the Philippines, his mom whisked him to Meijer Gardens an...

It's July. We’re into the second half of 2009. This tells me that I should have read half of the Chronological Bible which I promised ...

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 ...