2023 is the year the image of the onion looms before our eyes larger than that of the Edsa People Power Revolution, the year this simple…
37 years ago, Filipinos stood, arm-in-arm in the streets, and took back our country. Despite decades of state violence, we fought back with…
(Parts of this story by the author were first published in 2004 in the Sunday Inquirer Magazine.)
For many years, No. 1081 Maceda Street in…
Auggie’s desk, the iconic fixture in his atelier, is brought to the venue of the tribute. (Photo by T. Sioson)
Auggie Cordero gowns on…
The author with five of her great grandchildren
Written in 2017, this is included in the author’s recently launched book, My Chair…
This is from the author’s newly launched book, My Chair Rocks, a compilation of essays written by her over the years. The book is…
Maningning all-purpose greeting cards
“Her absence is like the sky, spread over everything.” – C.S. Lewis
When my daughter Maningning…
This is the message of Kiko Aquino Dee, one of Ninoy Aquino’s eight grandchildren, given to mark his lolo’s 90th birth…
The handy walker, useful for two surgeries spaced two years apart
I remember the year—2014—when my knees started acting funny. My eldest…
Benny and Corit Alejandro during their later years: She made stuff toys from scrap cloth and displayed them in the window.
papemelroti in…
