Sunday, May 5, 2013

Stain Glass Windows from Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France - photos by Cecilia Brainard

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Stained Glass, Sainte Chapelle, Paris, France - photos by Cecilia Brainard tags: travel, Paris, France, churches...
Saturday, May 4, 2013

Leopard with Gerenuk - photo by Cecilia Brainard, taken in Kenya

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Leopard with Gerenuk - photo by Cecilia Brainard, taken in Kenya tags: travel, Africa, Leopard, Gerenuk, Kenya, Safari, Wild Anima...
Friday, May 3, 2013

Zebra Crossing River - photo taken by Cecilia Brainard, in Kenya

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Zebra Crossing River - photo taken by Cecilia Brainard, in Kenya tags: travel, zebra, zebras, Africa, Kenya, Wild animals, Nature
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Detail Notre Dame, Paris, France - picture by Cecilia Brainard

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Detail Notre Dame, Paris, France - picture by Cecilia Brainard ~ tags: travel, France, Paris, churches, Notre Dame
Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Thinking of Spring and Flowers - Picture from Istanbul, Turkey

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It's Spring and I'm thinking of gardening. I took this photo in Istanbul, Turkey. ~~ tags: flowers, garden, travel, Turkey, I...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Filipino Culture Through Literature and Its Authors, Kababayan Today

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TV program, KABABAYAN TODAY, with JANELLE SO as host, features Filipino Culture through Literature & its Authors.  My books and I have...
Monday, April 29, 2013

Earlier Scathing Criticism about Cebu City by an American

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Last year, an American who publicly criticized Cebu was declared Persona Non Grata. Jimmy Sieczka created a 25-minute video, 20 Rea sons t...
Saturday, April 27, 2013

Scathing Article about Cebu - Why is your City in Chaos?

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OUCH! Scathing Article about Cebu City - When I first read this, I was angry at the writer, but I thought about it and the writer has vali...
Friday, April 26, 2013

Cooking with Cecilia Brainard - LINGUINE WITH CLAMS

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COOKING WITH CECILIA BRAINARD -  LINGUINE WITH CLAMS This is a great recipe for Linguine with Clams! Ingredients: 1 1/2 lbs Lingui...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

LINK RE CEBU TRANSPORTATION,AMERICAN PERIOD

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 LOVERS OF OLD CEBU, NOTE: This is an interesting link about turn-of-the-century Cebu, from the Journal of the Eastern Society for Tra...
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

THE BEST WEAPON ON EARTH - THE HOLY ROSARY

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The Best Weapon on Earth - THE HOLY ROSARY (courtesy of Miraculous Mama Mary of Odlot FB Site) The Five Glorious Mysteries Said o...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Courtyard, San Miguel Allende - photo by Cecilia Brainard

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Courtyard, San Miguel Allende - photo by Cecilia Brainard ~~ tags: travel, Mexico, gardens, San Miguel Allende, courtyard
Monday, April 22, 2013

Repeat - Brainard Kenya Safari! YouTube

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CLICK ON YOUTUBE LINK TO WATCH THE SHORT VIDEO Brainard Kenya Safari Reprinting/rerunning this again - watch the YouTube clip below! ...
Sunday, April 21, 2013

Philippine Expressions at the LA Festival of Books!

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Today, Philippine Expressions is in USC for the LA Festival of Books. Support Filipino and Filipino American writers, booksellers, and publi...
Saturday, April 20, 2013

Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Georgia O'Keefe

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Cecilia Manguerra Brainard and Georgia O'Keeffe
Friday, April 19, 2013

Authors' Night, Philippine Expressions. April 19, 2013

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Just got back from Linda Nietes' Author's Night, a Philippine Expressions Literary Event. Seated l-r: Linda Nietes, Consul Gen...

Filipina Bathing the Old Fashioned Way

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This picture is courtesy of the Facebook site, Pearl of the Orient. The image reminds me of women I had seen bathing in rivers and creeks...
Thursday, April 18, 2013

Philippine Expressions Authors' Night Friday, April 19, 2013- You are Invited

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 YOU ARE INVITED TO A LITERARY EVENT Los Angeles, CA folks, please try to attend this Friday, April 19th literary Event. I'm one of ...
Tuesday, April 16, 2013

CEBU CITY - Volunteer to help Clean Cebu's Rivers

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Read letter below - This woman wants to volunteer to help clean up Cebu's Rivers - whom can she contact?  ~~~~~ Dear Ms. Brainard, ...
Monday, April 15, 2013

Pre-Hispanic Filipino Writing on Copperplate

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Early Filipino writing on Copperplate!  Let it never be said that pre-Hispanic Filipinos were illiterate. Read more in this link htt...
Sunday, April 14, 2013

COOKING WITH CECILIA - LECHE FLAN (Vietnamese style), Cecilia Manguerra Brainard

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 COOKING WITH CECILIA - LECHE FLAN (Vietnamese Style) I'm cooking for some friends, and my menu includes Leche Flan. Here is my favor...
Saturday, April 13, 2013

Two Young Elephants Playing - Photo by Cecilia Brainard

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Random photo from Cecilia Brainard's Album - Two Young Elephants Playing, Nairobi, Kenya Good morning! Here is a picture of two youn...
Friday, April 12, 2013

Che Guevara in India - Random Photo by Cecilia Brainard

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Che Guevara in India - Random Photo by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard tags: travel, photography, India, Che Guevara
Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Bino Realuyo's article on Filipino American Literature/Authors in Huffingtonpost.com

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 Bino A. Realuyo, author of The Umbrella Country, has an article in Huffingtonpost.com about Filipino American Literature. He kindly in...

Kirkus Review of Linda Ty Casper's novel, WINGS OF STONE

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Kirkus Review The Philippines, two years prior to the ouster of Marcos, is the setting for Ty-Casper's second novel to be published ...

Linda Ty Casper's novels in E-format, Now Available

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Noted Filipino author, Linda Ty Casper's three novels are now available in e-book format in Kindle (Amazon.com) and Nook (Barnes and No...
Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Manguerra Genealogy Chart

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 Manguerra Genealogy Chart: I scanned this Manguerra Genealogy for a relative, and I'm sharing it in this blog, just in case other Man...

Kirkus Reviews Lives and Carries on its Fine Work! (with old review of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept)

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I found this link of Kirkus Review with an old review of When the Rainbow Goddess Wept. A while back there had been news that Kirkus Revie...

Bees in my Garden

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Bees in my Garden There are a lot of bees in my garden! For information about Bees Colony Collapse, click on link below. Please don...
Monday, April 8, 2013

What's Coming Up for Cecilia Manguerra Brainard?

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 What's Coming Up for Cecilia Manguerra Brainard? 1)  Linda Nietes of Philippine Expressions has graciously invited me to particip...