“It” is old age that’s no longer just creeping, but is actually galloping up on us, the boomer generation, famous for, among other things, the skillful (and often expensive) denial of the inevitability of aging.
Read MoreShe became the executive chef – and I don’t say this facetiously – of our home, cooking delicious meals that many of our friends still remember and, upon my mother’s instructions, baked perfect chiffon cakes and butter cookies, the likes of which we have not tasted again.
Read MoreFor former residents going home to visit, the annual fiesta is almost like a spiritual retreat, a time for grounding. No matter how far they have gone from their former lives, there is always the thrill of looking up those who stayed behind and returning to the rituals that used to bind them to each other.
Read MoreIs it the actual return to our country of origin that appeals to us, or is it our natural restlessness, our need for new beginnings (or the imperative of endings) that pulls us away from our currently settled lives?
Read MoreDid our divorce make us evil people? Definitely not; in fact I’d like to think we’re better persons now because we’re happier.
Read MoreThe blood that runs through our veins is the blood of women warriors and we are all the richer for it.
Read MoreTime, distance, a less confrontational world view and the disappointments about the real character and motives of some of the EDSA "heroes" have a way of tempering one's blinders and self-righteousness.
Read MorePope Francis is the first pope I’ve followed in the news with interest. Thus, I considered it a stroke of good coincidence that we were Manila at the same time that he was.
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