Their courage is not forgotten.
If rain must fall…
Serendipity in South Carolina
Once upon a time…the end.
National Storytelling Day
Siga-siga Meets Calypso
Three Red Notebooks
Mercedes, Important Character and Ear Cleaner
Thanks to this important character in “Boy of the Pearl,” I always had clean ears.
2021. It’s a Wrap!
Christmas “farols”—lanterns constructed using bamboo strips for the frame and tissue paper.
To “tambay” is to hang out (or lollygag, one of my favorite words).
Pronounce it: “tuhm-by.”
The Sari-Sari Store of My Childhood
One can’t drive three blocks anywhere in the Philippines and not find a sari-sari store.
Sari-Sari, Explained
The word “sari-sari,” in Filipino language, means “varied” or “variety.”
