Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philippines. Show all posts
Thursday, May 16, 2019

WORLD WAR II VETERAN'S LOVE STORY WITH FILIPINA

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(I'm reposting some earlier blog entries because Google had changes making it difficult to access these blogs. - Cecilia) This ac...
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Friday, April 1, 2016

Philippine American War: Balangiga Massacre in Samar

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I found these pictures about the historic Balangiga Massacre in Samar, Philippines during the Philippine American War. The Filipin...
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Sunday, March 13, 2016

Lunch with Linda Nietes and Robert Little of Philippine Expressions

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I had lunch with Linda Nietes and Robert Little in San Pedro, California. Linda Nietes owns the iconic bookshop  Philippine Expre...
Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Cebu, Philippines: Then and Now, Plaza Carlock Hamabar

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Photo courtesy of John Allert, great-grandson of Judge Lyman Carlock Photo courtesy of the Southeast Asia Digital Library My...
Sunday, March 6, 2016

Cebu, Philippines: Felicidad Climaco, Filipina Suffragette and Nationalist #womensrights

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I blogged about the accomplished Cebuana, Ines  Villa Gonzalez.   Here is another suffragette from Cebu, Felicidad Climaco. From th...
Wednesday, March 2, 2016

Cebu, Philippines: Ines S. Villa Gonzalez, Filipina Woman Suffragette #womensrights

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A researcher, Tichie Carandang , was recently in touch asking for information about Cebuana Ines S. Villa-Gonzalez, a supporter of ...
Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Cebu Philippines: 1914 Historic Photographs re Judge Lyman Carlock

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Here are two more antique historic pictures from the great-grandson of Judge Lyman Carlock , the first American judge in Cebu, Philip...
Monday, February 1, 2016

Invitation: Conversation with Filipino-American Fictionist Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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AN INVITATION The University of Santo Tomas Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies Invites you to  A Conversation with...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Cebu Philippines: Bell Tower of Santo Nino Basilica Fixed

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In October 2013, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake hit Central Philippines destroying the bell tower of the Basilica Santo Nino, a beloved ...
Monday, December 7, 2015

World War II Fiction - Excerpt, Cecilia Brainard's When the Rainbow Goddess Wept

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Ten hours after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, the Japanese attacked Manila.   I'm posting the first chap...
Sunday, December 6, 2015

Pictures: Philippine Literature Critic Dr. Leonard Casper

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These pictures of Dr. Leonard Casper are from the author Linda Ty-Casper .  From  Syracuse University Libraries  where Leonard ...
Monday, November 30, 2015

World War II and the novel When the Rainbow Goddess Wept #warnovels #wwii

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On December 7, 1941 (December 8, Asian Time Zones), Japanese fighter planes attacked the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Honol...
Sunday, November 29, 2015

Student Films Based on Cecilia Brainard's Story Flip Gothic

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Yesterday I posted some student films based on a story of mine , but I found more student films on another story entitled "Flip Go...
Saturday, November 28, 2015

Student Films Based on Cecilia Brainard's story Woman With Horns

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  For your enjoyment, here are several student films based on my short story, "Woman With Horns". Here's a brief summa...
Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Antique Vintage Filipina Dresses #Philippines #sayas

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I'm featuring antique/vintage dresses worn by my Cuenco relatives. These antique Filipina gowns and clothes are now gone. My aunt, ...
Sunday, November 8, 2015

Vintage Philippine Wedding Pictures & Superstitions #philippines

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Teresita Cuenco Gonzalez, photo courtesy of Manny Gonzalez Here are some pictures of Philippine brides and grooms.  (That's my ...
Sunday, September 6, 2015

Jewish, Russian, and Indochinese Refugees in the Philippines - #refugees

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Many people are unaware that the Philippines provided safe haven to Jewish, Russian, and Indochinese refugees. In the late 1930s, 1,2...
Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Philippine Literary Greats, Leonard and Linda Ty Casper

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Leonard Casper, photo by Tina Casper-Denman I was delighted to get news about two Philippine Literary Greats, the noted critic Dr. L...
Friday, July 31, 2015

Philippine Author: YouTube Links with Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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I'm sharing some links to YouTube videos featuring me. I'm reading from my work in several of them. The interview is lengthy...
Friday, July 17, 2015

Cebu Philippines: The Sinulog 35th Issue and Mayen Tan

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l-r: Mayen Tan and Cecilia Manguerra Brainard I spent an afternoon with writer-editor, Mayen Tan, who gave me a copy of the 35th ann...