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Friday, September 11, 2026

My Life As Art

Ambrosia, and the CCP scandal

I NEVER thought of myself in terms of food.  But the ambrosia fruit salad represents my easy nature.  It’s mostly canned fruits mixed with whipped cream.  I’m actually that easy.  I just seem,...

New, and back to M-W-F

HAPPY New Year, my dearest readers! Within the week, on Jan, 6, I will turn 51.  I’m pretty excited to live my golden years.  If my 50th...

Constancy, consistency

THERE is no other way to see, and say, it. I actually like writing for the newspapers. I really love writing for my readers. And I can’t wait...

This Christmas

DEAR Reader, I hope you are warm, and holding on to life. I hope you are feeling truly alive beyond the gifts, and presents, and kindnesses, and...

Stream of consciousness

I CAN WRITE in closed forms, and fixed structures. I can write novels, short stories, plays, screenplays. Those genres that require a dramatic arc. But I like to...

Heart writing

I’VE ALWAYS loved my position in the llonggo newspaper industry. When I started way back in late 2000, I immediately positioned myself as the columnist who would...

The House of Peter

I LIKE my jet back hair. I’m 50, and I don’t really have grey hair. I guess that’s why I’m a little proud...

Journeys

I’VE BEEN traveling a lot on this, my 50th year. And I like my life on the road. I’m still a little stressed about airports and immigration...

PSN’s ‘Si Padre Olan at ang Diyos’, Part 8

I REALLY understand that I am an acquired taste. I do not delude myself that I am a favorite read of everybody. I know I have fan readers in...

PSN’s ‘Si Padre Olan at ang Diyos’, Part 7

THIS IS THE second to the last installment of the Padre Olan story that I started to serialize since Nov. 11. I like that we conclude this first...