WPC : Now 3 days after Christmas

Now—-Here we are after three (3) days of feasting since Christmas Eve and we still have holiday food:   Russian cookies, lenguas de gato (plain and purple yam flavor), ensaimada (regular, purple yam, Gruyere, Latik, speculoos flavor).    Russian cookies used to come in just one variant.   The one with a walnut in the…

Comfort When Sick

Throughout the world, there are rituals and practices for when one is sick.   They include seeing a physician, taking medicines, bed rest or quarantine, a massage with efficascent oil, cold compress.    Since I am sick today, I can’t help but ponder about these rituals.   So today I am writing about comfort food or…

Gathering of Winners. WPC -Gatherings

      I was sick for the past days so I decided to look for past pictures of gatherings for this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge Gatherings.    This photo moved me not because it was my son s team that won but because both teams played well.   For me, they were all winners.    If…

WPC – Oops! My Babana

Would you like some babana crepes?   This is particularly funny for me because I received babana just this year.  Babana is the local name for soursop in the Visayas and Guyabano in Tagalog.   The fruit is very fibrous. Photo from Platinum Soursop Babana and banana is NOT the same banana by a mile. I…

3 Days 3 Quotes -the Last Day

Did you know that your baby boy  Has walked where angels trod? And when you kiss your little baby You’ve kissed the face of God From Mary Did You Know Metro lyrics I really like that this has become a sensation because of Pentatonix latest version.   Pentatonix you tube Mary did you know    Photo from Christmas…

“I spy.” Collection from around the World.

I follow Natalia Maks’ posts and this is probably my favorite collection so far. You see her focus on the details of her subjects and often she lets the joy shine through. I hope you spy the joy in her collection. Source: “I spy.” Collection from around the World.

3 Days 3 Quotes Day 2 – a Christmas Holiday Challenge

Christmas has come. Come, let us go forth singing. Beautiful hymns. For God is love.  From  (Kasadyna ni’ing Taknaa (Cebuano) or Ang Pasko at Sumapit – probably the most popular and iconic Philippine carol)  Photo from The Philippine Island.         Day 2 and I am inspired by the First Carollers who arrive at our…

3 Days 3 Quote Challenge —-for the Christmas holidays

I have been nominated by a woman who has many hats —– Being Me Presently.  Thank you for the challenge.  It forces me to keep my goal of writing at least three times a week.    It also helps me celebrate this sacred holiday season. The photo is from  Bolton Priory.  The announciation.  And is one…

San Bernardino Tragedy – A Prayer

Originally posted on Musings From St. Anthony's Walnut Tree:
“Once I said:  ‘In the noontime of life I must depart!  To gates of the nether world I shall be consigned for the rest of my years’… Like a swallow I utter shrill cries; I moan like a dove.  My eyes grow weak gazing heavenward;…

What is Essential Is Invisible to the Eye -WPC Eye Spy

And now here is my secret, a very simple secret: It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye. Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince    Today I attended a premiere for a school that had a special facility for children with autism.  Fittingly the…

Photos We Loved: Ornate

Originally posted on The Daily Post:
The thing I love the most about combing through Weekly Photo Challenge entries? Easy: it’s the whirlwind round-the-world trip they invite me to take each and every week. This was certainly the case in our recent “Ornate” challenge, where you treated us to some seriously gorgeous shots. Here are some of…