Category: Personal
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Quiet Places
These were taken in a church in Alburquerque, Bohol, our last stop before retiring from an exhausting countryside tour. This wasn’t part of the itinerary. My companions, who were in the province three years ago for field work, wanted to stop by to see what has become of one of their favorite churches. Most of…
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To My Uncle Nato
“Time is a goon.” I came across it recently in a book and it hit me hard. What does it mean? That Time creeps in unnoticed through the cracks of our doors and windows, and steals bits and pieces of our lives right from under our noses? That it devours people whole and whisks them away without even a word or…
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Thank you, 2014!
Wow that went by quickly. I’m not going to lie, 2014 was a challenge right from the very start. There were decisions I wish I hadn’t made; money I wish I hadn’t spent; opportunities I wish I hadn’t forgone. It’s been a very rough journey. And lonely, too. But it’s been a great learning experience. I recall reading…
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Painting in Progress: Dreamweaver
This started out as just a sketch and then I decided to paint it with watercolor. It’s taking me weeks to complete it. It’s my first time to attempt something this detailed, but I’m pretty happy with how it’s turning out.
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Fragile Things
“As I write this now, it occurs to me that the peculiarity of most things we think of as fragile is how tough they truly are. There were tricks we did with eggs, as children, to show how they were, in reality, tiny load-bearing marble halls; while the beat of the wings of a butterfly…
Trish in Transit 