Crazy for you
I’M AN enfant terrible in my hometown.
I think that some people’s term for me is ‘crazy’, buang.
Although no one is brave enough to say it to my...
Good morning
I AM A morning person.
I am cheerful most mornings.
I greet people on the street, I nod at them, I call out, Good morning.
And I...
Chozas, charcas, cuevas
MAYBE I don’t need it.
Maybe I just felt that I should continue to employ my carpenters who worked on my now-famous treehouse, La Choza...
Regularity
YOU CAN count on my photos of sunrises and sunsets everyday for 2022.
You can count on my food journal, and I mean with a...
What he wore
I’M STILL saying it: The Palanca Awards Night is the Oscars of Philippine Literature.
If it’s not a red carpet event, it should be.
Why should...
And then, friends — Part 2
IN MY LAST column, I started naming the donors to this year’s Peter’s Prize Fund.
I do this as a public accounting for the donations...
And then, friends — Part 1
THE PETER’S Prize was created right after The Peter Solis Nery Foundation was established in 2012.
The first Prizes for poetry and short fiction were...
#ThePSN Talks
I AM, foremost, a writer.
But I’m also a speaker, and a very good one.
The writer in me has the imagination, reflection, introspection, and restrain—at...
Peter, the Rock
OR, YOU can say, Peter, the stone.
These days, I carry stones.
A good size about 3/4 of my fist.
I carry it over long distances.
To wherever...
Make them smile
FOR MY “Comic Relief”, the stand-up comedy with gift-giving at the Dumangas District Jail in celebration of the National Correctional Consciousness Week, I gave...