The author before facsimile of Juan Luna’s ‘Parisian Lady’ at Bahay Nakpil (Photo from Peachie Gaston)
As I write this, I’ve…
From the author’s Facebook, publishing with permission
2014
This picture of a wonderful time in Palawan just popped up on my feed. It’s…
In 2014, the author before the start of the match on the first day of Wimbledon (Photo from Thelma San Juan)
People on wheelchairs have a…
President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. greeting Cecile Licad after her performance of Rachmaninoff Concert No. 2 on the evening of June 30…
Whenever February comes around, I take a moment to remember the heady days of Edsa Revolution and the small role I played in Radyo Bandido…
A dog comes to you and lives with you in your own house,
but you
do not therefore own her, as you do not own the rain, or the
trees, or the…
It was a most beautiful dream. I was contentedly looking at my husband Mario and grandson Raja sleeping soundly in our bed. In the back of…
We were holding hands watching TV that Sunday evening, November 4, and my wife, Mary, was having a good laugh. I was glad she could relax…
This is not, repeat, not, a digital road map, so today’s marketers who salivate only after the Gen-Zs and millennials (“You’re a…
This was first published in Philippine Daily Inquirer Lifestyle section in May 2013.
2013
IT DIDN’T happen like in the movies or the way…
