WHEN the snow gets to be knee-high at winter in the U.S. of A., the mind—my mind—simply refuses to be overwhelmed; instead, I focus on the onset of lovely spring, even think of my country’s sunny isles and its tempting cuisine to stave off winter chill.
When Frank got me stuck for a week—wind, rain, and […]

I’M on reverse mode writing this column—as if the closing remarks became the opening remarks. My task was to give the closing remarks to the joint meeting of both the Oton and the Brgy. San Antonio chapters of the Senior Citizens Federated Association of Iloilo, Inc. (SCFAII) last Monday, Aug. 25, at the San Antonio […]

HUMAN Rights took a quantum leap in Iloilo City with the conduct of the seminar, Ang Tawhanon nga Kinamatarung, last July 19 at the Sta. Teresa Prayer Center in Sambag, Jaro. In very detailed multimedia presentation, ang tawhanon nga kinamatarung (Ilonggo for human rights) were instilled in the most vulnerable sector of society for them […]

CONTINENTAL BILL of fare intensifies longing for home even if my husband and I enjoyed being “d-h” to our granddaughter Danika in Uncle Sam country. Weekends of facing a buffet of oriental cuisine in Chinese restaurants couldn’t cure the Pinoy palate’s longing for home savory home.
Just minutes away from my daughter Randy’s home in South […]

GEORGE CLOONEY, he wasn’t. Nonetheless, I would have loved to walk with him. He was your ordinary white American guy — a big hunk, hair a shade of brown, a six-footer or probably more.
I don’t go for appearances, nor am I mesmerized by celebrity status. If I mentioned Clooney, it’s because the movie star is […]

PRELUDE Because our unwavering cry for justice remains unanswered, I retrieve this column that was fraught with pain and anger about what happened one black day, April 12, 2007, when Luisa Posa-Dominado and Nilo Arado became statistics in the long list of Desaparecidos under the Macapagal-Arroyo administration.
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I couldn’t help the tears. From across so many […]

I CALL it a love story, this narrative titled The Reddest Rose, flying with cyberwings to snuggle in my cybernest here in the U.S. of A. Sender May Wan was requesting a favor to help somehow assuage their grief — hers and that of her sister Tamara.
The girls are daughters of Maria Luisa Posa Dominado, […]

This is one more hurrah for womankind this March, Women’s Month.
Two weekends ago when we went to Georgia, in the U.S. of A. where the hubby and I are temporarily ensconced, I picked up a newspaper with a very interesting catch line: A Publication for Women with Sass, Soul & Spirit! The paper is named […]

MARCH 8 this month, Women’s Month, was International Women’s Day, and I say, Hurray! Long live womankind! Yes, Long live the woman! or Vive le femme! as the French would have it—when the women of Paris shouted Liberte! Egalite! Fraternite! as they marched in Versailles demanding women’s suffrage. There—I’ve just written a paragraph with the most […]

WINTER DAYS on my side of the globe, the U.S. of A. Real slow time to whisk an idea to fruition. Words do not flow because today is particularly chilly—the chill aggravated by the confusing stand of the CBCP (Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines). From the hodge-podge of news I gather on-line and the e-mails […]