It’s Friday, and that means it’s time for me to share my weekly column from SunStar Davao, Davao City’s largest circulation newspaper. Since living in the Philippines, I have a lot of different kinds of friends or companions (kauban), different than I had in the USA. Friends from many nations. Of course, a lot of […]
Unique animals indigenous only to the Philippines
It’s been a while since we talked about animals in the Philippines on this site. Perhaps the last time that we had an article dedicated specifically to animals in the Philippines was several years back, written by John Miele, “Ouch! Dangerous Animals” in which John looked at animals that live in the Philippines and are […]
Our mischievous pets in the house!
You probably saw on Bob’s Facebook photos of our newly made Turtleville. It was really a fun project for the whole family. It all started a few days before our Anniversary. My brother-in-law Jhun came here for a job that we wanted him to do for one of our businesses. It took him 2 days […]
How Hungry Are You?
In the long distant past while consuming adult beverages with the neighbors here in my Purok, the subject of pulutan (Snack food consumed while drinking) and the subject of eating dog (Aso in Tagalog) meat had come up a few times, without my saying a word my friends knew how I felt about that, as […]
Year End Odds & Ends
Well here it is – the real Yuletide! The “‘ber-months” just can’t compete with the last week of December Hope all readers have (or had) a most Merry Christmas. Mine was just fine. Counting them all, it was my sixth Christmas here in Pasuquin. It’s quite a treat in this locale as the town fiesta […]
Definitely the unwanted guest in our house!!!
Today, it is a weekend here and I was doing my daily routine, getting up early in the morning. I like to water the plants that early because the water pressure is so strong. Then while I was watering the plant my brother-in-law Jhun and Nicole came, I guess they already woke up ahead of […]