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Noel Alumit & Cecilia Brainard Perform at Glendale Community College

April 6, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

  I'm happy to share pictures taken at the Glendale Community College's Filipino Fiesta celebration, where fellow writer Noel Alumit and I gave a talk and reading. The celebration ran for 2 days on April 2 and 3. Noel and I gave our presentation on April 2. The Mayor of Culver City, Thomas Aujero Small, also gave a talk on April 2. The room was full of very attentive students and … [Read more...] about Noel Alumit & Cecilia Brainard Perform at Glendale Community College

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Filam, literature, Novelists, Pinoy, writers

Photo Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Portugal

March 26, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

  I just returned from a visit to Portugal, including the Shrine of Our Lady in Fatima. I'm in the middle, standing behind our kneeling tour director. Since I am a devotee to Our Lady, I was thrilled to visit Fatima.  Fatima was not as crowded as Lourdes, Guadalupe, or Knock,  which I've visited. I did notice that churches in Portugal are not filled with people.  By contrast, Philippine … [Read more...] about Photo Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Portugal

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Catholic, Christianity, Fatima, Marian Site, Mary, Portugal, religion

Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard at UST Manila

February 12, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Please join us: Storytelling & Sketching Talk by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Benavides Building University of Santo Tomas, Manila February 22, 2019, 3-5 p.m. Description: There will be a Powerpoint Presentation, Talk, and Open Forum regarding the Creative Process, by author and editor of 21 books, Cecilia Manguerra Brainard, who recently discovered the art of … [Read more...] about Storytelling & Sketching, Talk by Cecilia Brainard at UST Manila

Filed Under: Fiction, Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, creative process, creative writing, drawing, Philippines, sketching, writer, writing

Pen and Ink Drawing of Che

February 9, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Here is a pen and ink sketch of my gray tabby cat Che. Copyright 2019 by Cecilia Brainard tags: #graycat #tabby #rescuecat #graytabby #cat … [Read more...] about Pen and Ink Drawing of Che

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, cat, drawing, gray cat, pen and ink, rescue cat, sketch, tabby

Sister Consuelo Varela ICM Passes Away

February 7, 2019 by admin 1 Comment

Our teacher at St. Theresa's College San Marcelino, Sister Consuelo Varela passed away recently. She was a big part of my life. She was from Cebu, like me. When I transferred from STC Cebu to Manila for High school, I felt out of place and lost. She was our teacher then, and she acknowledged my being Cebuana, mentioned knowing my family to me, which lifted my spirits up. Sister Consuelo was … [Read more...] about Sister Consuelo Varela ICM Passes Away

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: ICM, Manila, nun, Philippines, St. Theresa's College, STC

Playing in the Rain — Sketch Cecilia Brainard

January 31, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

"Playing in the Rain" - copyright 2019 by Cecilia Brainard When I was a child in the Philippines, I loved playing in the rain.  I tried to capture the joy I used to feel in this pencil sketch.     … [Read more...] about Playing in the Rain — Sketch Cecilia Brainard

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Art, drawings, pencil, rain, sketch

Book Review of Reine Arcache Melvin’s novel, The Betrayed

January 23, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

Here is Cecilia Brainard's book review of Reine Arcache Melvin's novel, The Betrayed (Ateneo 2018). http://www.positivelyfilipino.com/…/passion-in-the-time-of-… " Reine Arcache Melvin, who has lived in Paris for years, has created a fine Filipino novel. The work is exquisitely written; the language is elegant and unpretentious. The form of her work is straightforward – we start from the … [Read more...] about Book Review of Reine Arcache Melvin’s novel, The Betrayed

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: book review, literary, literature, review

The Class Reunion: Remembering the Salmon Run

November 29, 2018 by admin

The Class Reunion: Remembering the Salmon Run by Cecilia Manguerra Brainard This personal essay first appeared in the Journal Tomas 12, Volume 2,  2017- 2018 (UST Center for Creative Writing and Literary Studies) Aside from the two who lived in Toronto, the women who showed up for our class reunion in Toronto travelled from the Philippines, US, UK, and even Switzerland -- twenty-four women, … [Read more...] about The Class Reunion: Remembering the Salmon Run

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: Maryknoll, Personal Essay, travel

My Cousin, The Biz Wiz: Profile on Manny Gonzalez

November 29, 2018 by admin

I wrote about my cousin, Manny Gonzalez, businessman and CEO of Plantation Bay Hotel and Resort in Mactan, Philippines. This appeared in Positively Filipino, November 14, 2018 - please click here to visit Positively Filipino.  The text is pasted below. My Cousin, The Biz Wiz By  Cecilia Manguerra Brainard Positively Filipino, Nov. 14, 2018  I ran into my cousin Manny Gonzalez in … [Read more...] about My Cousin, The Biz Wiz: Profile on Manny Gonzalez

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: Cebu, hotel, Mactan, Philippines, Plantation Bay, resort

Cooking with Cecilia: Filipino Barbecue Pork

August 25, 2018 by admin

We've had a heat wave in Southern California, which is perfect weather for barbecuing. My family loves barbecue pork, so I fixed this over the weekend. Here's a recipe. To be honest with you I don't measure ingredients and just add stuff into a huge bowl. For my family of 12, I cooked 10 lbs of pork butt; my men gobbled up most of it. Ingredients: 1 lb pork (butt or belly, cut into … [Read more...] about Cooking with Cecilia: Filipino Barbecue Pork

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: barbecue, cooking, eating, Filipino, food, gourmet, meat, pork, recipe

Mactan 50 Years Ago and Now

August 25, 2018 by admin

Mactan, 50 Years Ago And Now By Cecilia Manguerra Brainard The last time I visited Mactan, I stayed in a five-star resort with a man-made lagoon in the middle of clusters of handsome Colonial-style buildings. It felt like a picture-perfect village with well-appointed rooms, pools, tennis courts, and wonderful restaurants. The spa offered a variety of massages and had wonderful hot and … [Read more...] about Mactan 50 Years Ago and Now

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: Cebu, Mactan, Personal Essay, Philippines, Vietnam War

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Welcome!

I am a daugh­ter of the Philip­pines and an adopt­ed daugh­ter of Amer­i­ca. I have also trav­eled to many places so I am also a daugh­ter of the Earth. My expe­ri­ences have found their way into my sto­ries, which try to depict char­ac­ters caught in impor­tant moments in their lives, sit­u­a­tions that force them to act, make deci­sions, change. I try to see the world from my own point of view, not the dom­i­nant West­ern one, thus my inter­est in his­to­ry, cul­ture, and set­ting. But my char­ac­ters car­ry my sto­ries; they are the most impor­tant in my sto­ry-telling. I have to dive deep into them to under­stand their human­i­ty – their good­ness as well as their bad­ness, their beau­ty as well as their ugli­ness. Just like us. Just like each of us. I need to know where they came from, where they are now, so I under­stand where they are going. Just like us.

Please read my full biog­ra­phy here

 

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