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Travel Challenge — Vietnam

July 3, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

My own Travel challenge - to post a favorite travel photo daily, to send out something beautiful to this world. This was taken in Vietnam. Tags: #travel #Travelpictures #Vietnam #Asia #photographs #photos … [Read more...] about Travel Challenge — Vietnam

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: photographs, pictures, travel, Vietnam

Travel Challenge — Long Neck Karen, Inle Lake Burma

July 2, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

My own Travel challenge - to post a favorite travel photo daily, to send out something beautiful to this world. (I don't know how PC this picture is, but the Long Neck Karen women did not mind being the attraction in a shop in Inle Lake, Burma.) Tags: #travel #photos #burma #myamar #longneckkaren #karen #photographs … [Read more...] about Travel Challenge — Long Neck Karen, Inle Lake Burma

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: Burma, Myanmar, photographs, travel

Travel Challenge — Burma Photograph

July 1, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

My own Travel challenge - to post a favorite travel photo daily, to send out something beautiful to this world. I took this photo in Burma. I should add that this photo was used in an ad by a nonprofit:     Tags: #travel #Burma #Myanmar #flowermarket #photographs #photos … [Read more...] about Travel Challenge — Burma Photograph

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: photographs, photos, pictures, travel

Travel Challenge: Paris Mont Saint Michel

June 30, 2020 by admin Leave a Comment

My own Travel challenge - to post a favorite travel photo daily, to send out something beautiful to this world. It looks like it'll be a while before I can visit Paris again, especially given the Eu banned US travelers due to America's unchecked coronavirus situation. Tags: travel, Paris, Mont Saint Michel, #travelban #Covid19 … [Read more...] about Travel Challenge: Paris Mont Saint Michel

Filed Under: Nonfiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: #pandemic #covid19 #coronavirus coronavirus, France, Paris, travel

Notre Dame Fire: Desole France!

April 16, 2019 by admin Leave a Comment

I'm feeling sad over the fire in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and found these pictures in my files. I had the privilege of visiting the Notre Dame several times, and have even heard Mass there. The loss is great but I hope that it can be rebuilt.   tags: #NotreDame #notredramefire #ceciliabrainard … [Read more...] about Notre Dame Fire: Desole France!

Filed Under: Nonfiction Tagged With: France, Notre Dame, Paris, travel

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

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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