“ang tunob sa karaang tawo dili mapala…” Ug kining tunuba anaa mahapatik sa panumduman sa atong Lungsod. — Fernando A. Buyser, 1879–1946 The above quoted material is written in the Filipino dialect/language called Bisayan or Visayan which is spoken by a majority of Filipinos from the central and southern regions…

Help Get Coco to Australia This Year Help Coco and You Help My Kin… One of my younger cousins, on my mom’s side, reached out to me recently with a little sadness. At the beginning of another new chapter in working toward a better life and a fresh start, my…

[note: I saw a publication on Medium to which I wanted to submit but realized only after having composed my list that the original Medium Author, GalMux: hasn’t been back to her/his/their publication since late 2020] I’ve actually been thinking about listing like this for awhile. Sometimes I’ll be in…

The old saying, ‘tell me who your friends are and I’ll tell you who you are,’ no longer needs a go-between. — People have no problem showing every-anyone exactly who they are on their own, without the help or cushion of a middle-man. Whether it’s the fed-up person driving badly and tailgating you while gesturing wildly in your mirrors or an indirect comment on social media, people can be brave, sassy and…

The other day, while completing my first batch of Christmas cards to various friends and family, my thoughts lit upon a mere whisper of a thought, a speck of doubt that would eat away at my inner peace. What will one of these souls, an acquaintance in a distant community…