It’s Sunday the 26th as I crawl from my bed, and sit at the computer to pen (or type) about the phenomenon known as Christmas in The Philippines. I thought I’d experienced all that was different here, or different than my Native New England Christmas’s of long ago, or during my ten years in Puerto […]
Why Do You Kick Out Your Kids?
The other Sunday I was over to my Mother-in-law’s house for lunch, one of my brother-in-law’s asked me “Why Americans don’t let their children live with them, and force them to move out on their own?” This is from a man who has his son and his son’s wife, plus the son’s wife’s sister and […]
How far are you willing to go?
If you truly love somebody, how far are you willing to go in terms of making a sacrifice to improve their life? In recent weeks, I find myself facing that question. Over the past few years, I have become very close with one of my nieces. Her name is Nicole, and she is 6 years […]
Danger, Danger Will Robinson!
Lost in Space, was a TV show in the states back in the 60’s, those of us old enough will remember Robby the Robot admonishing young Will Robinson just about every episode with that line, “Danger, Danger Will Robinson!” You could ask; ”How is this pertinent to 2010 in the Republic Of The Philippines?” This […]
Family Feud
Last week I was so excited to get a phone call from my agent Mae. She knows, of course, that we are on the lookout now for a new place to live. She told me on the phone that she had a house for me to look at and its not that far from my […]
The Mieles and the Martins
This weekend was a great LiP get together! One of our popular LiP writers, John Miele, and his family came to Davao for the weekend. John was accompanied by his wife, Rebecca and their son Juanito. John came to Davao to sort of enjoy a get-away from the city, and all that is associated with […]