What makes me human
TO THE question—What’s makes you human?, I have several answers depending on the time of day. But my top of the mind answer would...
Investigation of a poem
ANG DILA NG TULA
by Peter Solis Nery
May bukod-tanging tabas ang dila ng pagtutula
ayaw sa ‘maanghang’ pero puro sili at bawang
ayaw sa ‘matamis’ pero may...
On poetry
I’M TAKING a break from column writing to satisfy my need for a complete rest from words. But I can’t leave my five, or...
Life in August
ON AUGUST 1, my family in the UK got COVID-19.
Only my sister was fully vaccinated.
My brother-in-law just had his second shot the day before...
Men in tights
BECAUSE I’m a guest in a home with kids, I spend most of my time watching men in tights on Netflix.
Spider-Man, Superman, Ant-Man, the...
Rule of Threes
I CAN be addictive.
If an adult does not fall in love with me after three hours of talking to me, there’s probably no chance...
215 children
I’VE BEEN twelve days in Vancouver on the day this article gets printed.
I like Vancouver.
I love Canada!
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The people here are so COVID-protocol compliant that...
“Uncle Peetah, I am gay!”
I LOVE talking to kids.
In the families I’ve visited while waiting for the COVID-19 numbers in the Philippines to go down, I’ve dealt with...
Coffee with The PSN
I AM pretty much a coffee addict by now.
But until I was about 37 or 38, I was a certified tea drinker only.
No doubt...
My life as a nomad
FIVE MONTHS after selling my house in Maryland, and before my grand homecoming to the Philippines (much delayed by the worsening COVID-19 situation), I...