I continue my blogging about my memories with sketches ... and also old photos. Copyright 2021 by Cecilia Brainard TALISAY Cecilia Brainard My father had been an engineering professor at the University of the Philippines in Manila. He and my mother lived in a big house on Georgia Street, in the Malate District. There they had their first two two children -- my oldest sister and brother. When … [Read more...] about Memories & Sketches #2 by Cecilia Brainard — Talisay
Remembering Jaime Picornell by Cecilia Brainard
Cecilia Brainard Remembers Jaime Picornell who passed away last August 16, 2021 Published in Positively Filipino https://www.positivelyfilipino.com/magazine/the-jolly-spaniard-of-cebu The Jolly Spaniard of Cebu Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Cebu in the 1950s and 1960s had small-town ways. The city was not as sprawling or as heavily populated as it is now. Families knew one another. … [Read more...] about Remembering Jaime Picornell by Cecilia Brainard
Memories & Sketches by Cecilia Brainard — Santo Nino de Cebu
I will be blogging my memories of Cebu with accompanying sketch. This first personal essay is about the Santo Nino de Cebu. These sketches are part of the book, Magical Years Memories & Sketches by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, available as a limited edition of 100 copies from palh@aol.com. ~~~ SANTO NINO DE CEBU Copyrignt 2021 by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard I was born and raised in the … [Read more...] about Memories & Sketches by Cecilia Brainard — Santo Nino de Cebu
Book Review Library Journal of The Newspaper Widow by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
Book Review Library Journal August 2021 Mystery The Newspaper Widow by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard PALH, Sept. 2021 252 p. ISBN 9781953716149 pap $17.95 When her husband dies in 1909, Ines Maceda inherits his newspaper, which is running out of audience and funds; she soon finds that she’s good at both the money side and the reporting side. The paper gets a scoop about the … [Read more...] about Book Review Library Journal of The Newspaper Widow by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard
The Newspaper Widow, novel by Cecilia Brainard — Video and Book Review
Book Review Library Journal August 2021 Mystery The Newspaper Widow by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Philippine American Literary House, Sept. 2021 252 p. ISBN 9781953716149 pap $17.95 M When her husband dies in 1909, Ines Maceda inherits his newspaper, which is running out of audience and funds; she soon finds that she’s good at both the money side and the reporting side. The paper … [Read more...] about The Newspaper Widow, novel by Cecilia Brainard — Video and Book Review