Things, issues, and happenings I rave and rant about.
“I wish it need not have happened in my time,” said Frodo. “So do I,” said Gandalf,” and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given …
Another read aloud session with the mutants. Nick got tired towards the end, laid down and took his sister’s milk. Toni wanted to replace me as storyteller. Akong Bugsay was published by the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (RAFI). From RAFI’s website: “Akong Bugsay, an illustrated bilingual children’s book, tells the …
An organization is never healthy when it has not experienced episodes of conflict that may bring about feelings of uneasiness and to a certain extent, embarrassment to fellow members. I write this as a 27-year old officer, former officer, member, ex-member, lurker, observer, stalker, loyalist, fan, and patriot of several …
Pag-abot ni Kolor sa Lungsod (When Color Came to Town) is a book written and illustrated by Susan Dela Rosa Aragon. I got a copy of the book in Cebuano/Visayan a few months ago while searching for a storybook to be used in one of the Basadours’ storytelling sessions. Since …
“I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.” –Walt Disney
“I’ve always wanted to play a spy, because it is the ultimate acting exercise. You are never what you seem.” ― Benedict Cumberbatch
“Yes: I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” – Oscar Wilde, The Critic as Artist
“Every time you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing.” – Mother Teresa
Let me tell you something about the Basadours’ World Read Aloud Day Celebration last March 5, 2014. So it was March 2 (a Sunday) and I was just doing my usual reading when I suddenly realized that March 5 (a Wednesday) is World Read Aloud Day BUT… we forgot to …
I will be lying if I say that things have been very smooth here in Guangzhou – in managing a house with twins, that is. The twins were screaming when they got here and I was beyond tired for three straight days having stubbornly refused my husband’s insistence in hiring …
