Animals
Battle of the Bugs and Pests
When I was growing up, insects allowed me to be entertained for many hours. I would watch them, look at their lives as they busily went about their tasks, ants at first, then many others ending I think with spiders, especially the Tarantulas. I had several as pets much to the displeasure of my mother…
Read MoreAnimals and Pets
My wife and I live in Northern Mindanao since I retired back in 2013. A big change for me, not so for Katleen, Pets and animals have been a part of most of my life. Living in California as a child and adult I had dogs, cats, fish for pets and even tried a hamster…
Read MoreCold summer so far in Alaska
Alaska is Cold this Year Different from when I was here last year Since arriving here in King Cove, I’ve been trying to walk as much as I can with my boys, Aaron and Jared. I try to do my routine walk here even it’s cold. It’s supposed to be summer weather here but the…
Read MoreIs subsistence fishing in the Philippines sustainable?
“You aren’t going to throw my first fish back in the water, are you?”, my then new wife asked my father on her first fishing trip in the USA. “Sorry this flounder is no more than 14 inches long and it has to be at least 15 inches by state regulation for us to keep…
Read MorePeeling bananas the Filipino way is better
All of my life I have peeled and eaten the same type of banana, Cavendish, the same way by grabbing the stem bending it back and pulling off the peel. Everyone I saw peel a banana did the exact same thing to peel the banana. I always assumed this to be the correct, logical, best…
Read MoreOnce Upon A Time or this is no…
Day in and day out my friend Carlos who is in from Oregon for four months, and every day we walk the purok and say hello to our neighbors, all the kids give us our morning blessings (Or the Mano Po’s) a lot of the kids belong to my family so I’m Lolo daddy Paul,…
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