TRAVELS (and more) WITH CECILIA BRAINARD: St. Peter's Balls and More, Sonya's Garden, by Cecilia Brainard

Sunday, July 7, 2013

St. Peter's Balls and More, Sonya's Garden, by Cecilia Brainard

Here are a few more pictures taken in Tagaytay

Escargot in shell, at Antonio's Restaurant.

Shiraz from South Africa was fine and helped us find our truth;
After all, "In Vino Es Veritas"

I never did find out the name of this cluster of long leaves.

The water elements at Sonya' Garden were soothing

Little secret alcoves that surprised and enchanted us
Fed our well of creativity

But the St. Peter's Balls (Bayag ni San Pedro) made us laugh!
"Prickly and empty inside," according to Sonya.
We did not cut one open.

tags: Philippines, Tagaytay, Sonya's Garden, plants, flowers, fountains, St. Peters Balls, Monkey Balls, Cecilia Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard's official website is ceciliabrainarddotcom. She is the award-winning author and editor of 22 books, including When the Rainbow Goddess Wept, The Newspaper Widow, Magdalena, Selected Stories, Vigan and Other Stories, and more. She edited Growing Up Filipino 1, 2, & 3, Fiction by Filipinos in America, Contemporary Fiction by Filipinos in America, and other books.. Her work has been translated into Finnish and Turkish; and many of her stories and articles have been widely anthologized. Cecilia has received many awards, including a California Arts Council Fellowship in Fiction, a Brody Arts Fund Award, a Special Recognition Award for her work dealing with Asian American youths, as well as a Certificate of Recognition from the California State Senate, 21st District, and the Outstanding Individual Award from her birth city, Cebu, Philippines. She has lectured and performed at UCLA, USC, University of Connecticut, University of the Philippines, PEN, Shakespeare & Company in Paris, and many others. She has served in the Board of literary arts groups such as PEN, PAWWA (Pacific Asian American Writers West), among others.