Thursday, October 3, 2013

Dining Back Then PLUS Beefsteak Recipe

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Dining with friends DINING BACK THEN I got this recipe from the internet and it brought a rush of memories because this was a...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013

WHERE THE DAYDREAMING CAME FROM - OUT OF CEBU

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Hello, I'm reprinting this - enjoy! WHERE THE DAYDREAMING CAME FROM Cecilia Manguerra Brainard (part of my collection of essays,...
Tuesday, October 1, 2013

School life in the Philippines in the '60s -Description and memorabilia photos

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Dear Readers, Aside from sharing old pictures I want to give you a brief description of school life in the Philippines in the 1960s. ...
Monday, September 30, 2013

Miss Philippines Crowned Miss World 2013 & More About Filipina Beauty

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Of course Filipinos are talking about Miss Philippines winning the Miss World 2013 crown. Twenty-three year old Megan Young won the Miss W...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Running into the Author Noel Alumit at the Frogtown Art Walk in Elysian Valley, Los Angeles

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So my family and I are walking around Elysian Valley looking at art studios and listening to the bands when suddenly I see a good-lo...
Saturday, September 28, 2013

Formation of Syrian Rebel Alliance is Exactly What Assad Wants

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Recent news that the Syrian rebels formed an Islamist Alliance that calls for sharia or Islamic law to be the sole source of legislatio...

Post-War Cebu Life - More Memorabilia photos of Cecilia Brainard

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So when I was small, my mother had my sister and me take piano lessons and our teacher was a man named Bokoy.  Once I caught him lying...
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Friday, September 27, 2013

Where Have All the Young Men Gone? - Memorabilia photos Cecilia Brainard

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Dear Readers,  I've picked the theme of  "Young Men" in this entry, but it includes a group of young ladies who actual...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013

The Bachelors and Femina Days of Cebu - Memorabilia photos of Cecilia Brainard

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Dear Readers, I'm still scanning some old pictures and here are some more.  The ones where the ladies (me included) are wearing ...

Old Photographs and Memories - Memorabilia photos of Cecilia Brainard

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My childhood's home I see again; And sadden with the view; And still as memory crowds my brain; There's pleasure in it too.  ~ A...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Is There a Link Between Creativity and Depression?

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Is there a link between Creativity and Depression? After yesterday's blog entry about two writers who committed suicide, I got in...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Grief for Writers Who Have Taken Their Own Lives

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This is about suicide, dear Readers, and it's not pleasant. Recently, a writer I know took his life. Initially I heard he had sim...
Sunday, September 22, 2013

HOT OFF THE PRESS LITERARY READINGS at Filipino American International Book Festival - October San Francisco

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I'm moderating the literary readings "HOT OFF THE PRESS" on October 19, Saturday, from 1:45 - 2:45 p.m; and on October 20, S...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Fascinating Faces of the World - travel photos by Cecilia Brainard

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"Photography records the gamut of feelings written on the human face, the beauty of the earth and skies that man has inherited, and t...
Friday, September 20, 2013

In Solidarity with the Syrian People - Two Revolutionary Poems

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IN SOLIDARITY with the Syrian people, and to remind us all that the War in Syria is far from over, I'm reprinting two Syrian Revolu...
Thursday, September 19, 2013

More New Pictures of Manaus and Salvador, BRAZIL

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That's Cecilia enjoying the Hotel Villa Bahia, Dear Readers, Here are more pictures from Brazil. These pictures were tak...

Random Pictures of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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Here are a few more pictures taken in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The last picture at the bottom is Evita Peron's Family...
Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Back to Novel Writing with Eve La Salle Caram and her group!

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Eve Caram's Private Writing Workshop Seated l-r: Cecilia Brainard, Eve La Salle Caram, Mary Marca; Standing l-r: Susan Ware, Linda ...
Tuesday, September 17, 2013

What Camera Should Cecilia Get? - Email your suggestions!

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Dear Readers, As some of you know, my beloved Canon G12 died in Rio de Janeiro! I will get that fixed, but I'...
Monday, September 16, 2013

The Schools I Attended - Parts 1 & 2 - published in The Freeman & philstar.com

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My blog entries about the schools I attended were published in The Freeman and philstar.com in two parts.  Here are the links.  The links ...
Saturday, September 14, 2013

Random Travel Pictures - How Great Are Your Works (Psalm 92)

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Iguazu, Brazil It is good to praise the Lord and make music to your name, O Most High, to proclaim your love in the morning and...
Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Blue Dollars and Arbolitos in Buenos Aires, Argentina

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It's nice to be back in Buenos Aires .  We were here in 2006 and we enjoyed it so much we included it with our Brazilian trip.  W...
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Foz do Iguazu, Mighty Falls of Brazil and Argentina

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We are in Iguazu or Foz do Iguazu , one of the greatest falls in the world, located in both Brazil and Argentina. Today, we saw it fr...
Saturday, September 7, 2013

Falling in Love With RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil!!!

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We had arrived Rio de Janeiro in the evening and while I knew we drove from the north to the south, along the coastline, I could not act...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

NBA Star Anderson Varejao in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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We ran into Anderson Varejao & Marcelle Bueri at the Copacabana Palace! It was raining hard in Ouro Preto yesterday when we left....
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Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Day of Fasting & Prayer for Syria - September 7

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Syria: Pope calls for day of prayer and fasting - Sept. 7 Pope Francis echoes message from Medjugorje... proclaims day of prayer a...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Mariana and Ouro Preto - Colonial Towns in Minas Gerais, Brazil

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The colonial towns we visited yesterday (Congonhas, Sao Joao del Rei, and Tiradentes) and today (Mariana and Ouro Preto) developed afte...
Monday, September 2, 2013

The Old Mining Towns of Minas Gerais, Brazil

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On our last day in Salvador, the sun appeared, but too late, we had to go to the airport to catch our plane to Belo Horizonte, the ca...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Pelourinho Historic District of Salvador, Brazil

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Dear Readers, Salvador is not giving us sunshine at all! At 7:30 this morning, I went to Mass at St. Francis.  Because of the bad wea...
Friday, August 30, 2013

Salvador, Brazil - the Center of Bahian Culture

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~~~~~ Some Facts about Brazil~~~~~ - It covers half of South America; - Brazil is the world's fifth most populous country i...