honoring my mother

SINCE the early 80s up to the present, many a time have I been in conversations with both old or retired, as …

FOR THOSE who believe they possess the proverbial green thumb, it will only be much later when you realize that there is …

OUR ONCE-SLEEPY family compound is again suddenly roused from its lazy slumber by booming karaoke in the lanai and the sound of …

THERE is this piece of gentle advice I received from a teacher and friend a long time ago for problematic people (like …

INDEED. Like a soft breeze or a lingering thought, the zeal that elegantly clothed the people’s animated demeanor during the season of …

THIS IS definitely one of my favorite stories to tell. As a little piece of trivia, it is one of the first …

A COUSIN had mentioned, rather candidly, why is it almost always only during wakes and funerals that friends and distant relations from …

YOU WOULDN’T expect a young action man, a freelance outdoors sports and nature filmmaker/ photographer at that, to suddenly post a candid …

I recall an article written by an old acquaintance in her national column long ago. While discussing the young people during her …

NOPE, it’s not that English expression popularly used in the cartoon comics section long ago to denote a sense of exasperation. What …