Our Man in California’s Capitol
My recent trip to the Philippines during Holy Week was unique and special on many levels,” reports Rob Bonta, Assemblymember and the first Filipino American elected to the California Legislature. ...
Musical with a Scent of History
The company of CINNAMON GIRL (Photo by Blake Boyd) Anation which does not help and does not encourage its theatre is, if not dead, dying; just as the theatre that does not feel the social pulse, the historical...
Good Energies and Great Memories
My house used to be a gathering place of an American family whose grandfather served to defend America during WW I. The house seems to be buzzing with good energies...
Nové Deypalan’s Singers: Voices Powered by Harmony
“Music is the purest form of art…therefore true poets, they who are seers, seek to express the universe in terms of music…The singer has everything within him. The notes come...
Spur-of-the-Moment Dance
(C)2013 {E.DLZ Phototography}, all rights reserved This two year old, Katrina Rose, taught me how to dance with the wood flappers. She said, “Dance, dance, lift leg” at the Paddle...
In the Heart of Mount Rainier
90 miles of Wonderland Trail exists in Mount Rainier (it takes 10 to 14 days straight of walking to navigate the entire circumference of Mount Rainier). We walked 4 miles...
The Gifts of Grace
https://asianjournal.com/lifestyle/the-gifts-of-grace/ FR. RANDY Odchigue, Ph.D. described grace as getting the blessings you don’t deserve and not receiving the punishment due.That simple statement allowed me to harvest the grace in my...
Fe Israel Benito: A well-composed life of love and service
SARAP talagang mabuhay. May Panginoong pinagkakagastahan ng buhay. Makabuluhan ba ang pinagkakagastusan ng buhay mo?” (“Life is pleasurable joy. When God is the center of your life. When your life...
From Trail to Table: A Taste of Love
I was walking down the trail from Mirror Lake when I said that my shoes were causing me cramps. My hubby offered to re-tie my shoe laces and even illustrated...
Purity of Heart
PURITY of heart, then, is the miracle-worker’s greatest engine of wealth creation. Marianne Williamson, The Law of Divine Compensation, 2012 The New Pope Francis As the Lenten season progresses, reflection...