Whistling for Moonbeams

balmy breeze on a mild Friday afternoon, a cup of very hot, very strong coffee, a book of beautifully-written poetry. Life is, indeed, what ...

I honestly cried--no, sobbed--when I came across this little boy's story on his mom's blog . He's a 5-year-old kid. Why him?

I have, fairly recently, given up on the Double Tall Mocha Espresso I consistently order on every Starbucks visit. I've known it all alo...

This afternoon, I lifted my 7-year-old so he could sit on the grocery cart. Boy, was he heavy! I had to do a take 2. We were both laughing d...

-Pablo Neruda I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certai...

Friday was a good time to shop. Mainly because: a) lots of stores were on sale; b) I haven't shopped in quite a while; and c) the funds-...

to understand here was a clown who didn’t know where he was, a clown without a context? What could be sadder, my friend thought, than a clow...

along comes... COUNTRY STORY! It's so cute! =)

I'm done reading The Manikin and will be moving on to Ann Patchett's Bel Canto next. I was trying to decide between that and Irene...

Last book I read: They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways, and Renegades by Barbara Holland-- For the recently emancipated...

Anne Boleyn was 5"2' and flat-chested. Bonnie Parker Of the famed Bonnie and Clyde duo was just 5" and loved wearing red. Smal...

Joel Toledo's Chiaroscuro is already in my hands. Next I'll be on the hunt for: The Proxy Eros by Mookie Katigbak. Somewhere You a...

A mighty strong wind blew my way this morning. Was it a portent of things to come? A warning of sorts? Bad--or good--news being delivered? I...

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Trinoma It feels wonderful to exhale after holding one's breath for so long. And with music flowing throug...

/And let me tell you now why wings and doors and flowers really open, why this wall, once non-negotiable, had let you in. It is because all ...

Sunday afternoon, a drive down a busy street. Fussing with the car tuner and chancing upon John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire", ...

I defined a woman's duty, "To look the world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes; to have an idea; to speak and act in d...

So, where were you on August 3rd of two years ago? What were you doing? Were you the same person you are now? How much did you have in your ...

A room that is really a box, its walls wrapped in ash-tinted blue. Light without rays, barely illuminating a third of the place. Outside, an...

I talked to my dear friend, Sheila, yesterday and after two weeks of not seeing each other, the conversation was a welcome respite from the ...

I must confess that it took me a while to sink into the novel's realm. My rule of thumb when it comes to deciding whether to finish a pi...

Victor Hugo: "Darkness is dizzying. We need light: whenever we plunge into the opposite of day we feel our hearts chilled. When the eye...

A: Did you know that The Great Pyramid of Giza is the only one of the 7 Wonders of The Ancient World still standing today? B: WTF? The hell ...

When I think of all that has been taken from me-- countless white spaces between time's black hands--

When I flip through a fashion magazine, I generally find myself going past the beauty section (i.e. make-up and beauty products, for those n...

I was in one of my pensive moods this morning and a line from Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality From Recollections of E...

In the room, everyone was beautiful. Silks rustled with tulle and toad's skins kept very quiet under lavender and lily.

Once again, I must ask too much of you... "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" was a real winner. Kids probably won't enjo...

4 posts in close to 3 weeks. I definitely have some catching up to do. The problem with Facebook is that it takes up too much of one's t...

A student's blind faith in his mentor. Unfathomable guilt that drives a man to tamper with his own memory for fear of discovery. A villa...

Peer AJ was singing "Puff The Magic Dragon" the wrong way and I corrected him. I said,"it's "lived by the sea" ...

1. wearing heels five days a week; 2. buying heeled shoes when I already have one too many; 3. playing Mafia Wars , Sorority Life , Farm Tow...

If you don't know much about something, I say step down and stop pretending that you're an expert on that particular topic. You'...

The girl puts a bookmark on the page she's been reading and thinks, the woman in the story is me. I am in the story. This is my story. T...

Happiness is a pair of killer heels.

This movie is hilarious. If you're bored and are looking for a no-brainer movie to see, this should be a good choice.

Tsk, tsk. Been blog-hopping again and saw several posts on deelish food and here I am, hankering for shellfish pasta. Tsk, tsk. What a sham...

*continued from here 6. dress to kill. Go put on that black, long-sleeved turtleneck top, those crisp, gray pants and three-inch, killer sti...

Am so lovin' this... the alpha female roaring... teehee! *Photo from LeLove . (photo caption: "Because it wouldn't be love with...

At 7:38 this morning, I saw a firefly blinking its yellow glint against a nearby calamansi tree. It was alone and I stared at it, wondering...

Putting her foot down and assuming the role of alpha male are a couple of the tricks an emancipated woman soon learns after stepping out of ...

Have gotten in touch with High School best friends over at Face Book. Very recently, someone's status update about putting one's foo...

hmmm...

and the one thing that might cause me to shift is the dancer's step. -From "Vase Painting," by Rainer Maria Rilke- I am waitin...

I have, officially, become a Face Book Farm Town addict. I never would have guessed, as I've never been a gamer my entire life. This ag...

Everyone in the jury voted for him. Yeah yeah yeah! Sorry, Stephen.

Nothing really spectacular about this film, except Natalie Portman, the costumes (loved 'em) and the lengths they went to to romanticize...

I think it's sad, the way people get scared when parcels of themselves get exposed, bits and pieces they'd rather keep stuffed insid...

Good thing the 7-Up can was empty, else a good portion of the table cloth would have ended up soaked in the sweet, chemical-rich liquid. Sti...

People are breaking, breaking, breaking... Dear God, please help them get through whatever it is they need to get through. Meanwhile, I stan...