How did my granddaughter turn 12? Last week on 3 October and why was I surprised by that fact, not the fact that it was her birthday, but the fact that 12 years had passed. I see her all the time as she breezes through the house on a visit coming back from somewhere or […]
I’ve been tagged by the LTO
Last week on Tuesday morning our trip to town went very smoothly I had a few places to go and not so important stop’s to make. We had just stopped by the Royal Store to pick up diapers for our grandson Jaden as we had received an emergency “We need diapers!” text from his mother” […]
The Wedding
A story of success in the Philippines, the Sanguyo family started in Bulacan growing vegetables and selling them at the local market. Later as their lives improved my Balae (The father of my son-in-law Chrisanto or Chris for short) branched off and started supplying the markets of Olongapo and Bulacan with fresh fruits and vegetables […]
A Voice in the Wilderness
Since I started writing for Mr. Bob Martin I’ve prided myself on getting an article to him on time every week. Is this something I owe him? Not really but it is something I said I would do and I held the LiP record for never missing a deadline (UNTIL NOW). But pride go’est before […]
Where Have All the Roosters Gone
Do you remember that song; “Where Have All the Flowers Gone”? My old beer buddy next door was Boyet and his wife Anna, who both lived off the largest of his Uncle Roberto a 35 year resident of San Diego California and the owner of the land. Boyet was a pleasant man, who didn’t want […]
We’re Splitting
In 1999 when we moved into the house upon the mountain we did have electricity, but no land line for telephones, no city water and no cable TV. So answers were needed. Cell phones were one solution, sinking a 300 foot well solved the water problem. And the TV was an antenna on a 40 […]