Patti Castillo-De Guzman
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7 Filipino Children’s Books I Want for My Child’s Library
What are your favorite children’s books? Hi, friend! Welcome and welcome back to the blog. From stories of kapres, engkantos, and nuno sa punso to make us unruly Pinoy kids behave, to fables that instill lifelong values, to short stories,… Continue reading
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Steps for Getting Married at St. Joseph Cathedral Parish, San Jose City (2022)
Are you planning your Roman Catholic wedding and looking for a church? If you are from the Diocese of San Jose de Nueva Ecija, why not choose our very own Cathedral? St. Joseph Cathedral is located at Maharlika Highway, corner… Continue reading
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13 Quotes for Working Moms
One place suits one person, another place suits another person. (Beatrix Potter, 1918) Hi, friend! Welcome and welcome back to the blog. I really love how The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse, Beatrix Potter’s adaptation of Aesop’s The Town Mouse and the Country… Continue reading
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5 Completely FREE Ways to Celebrate Children’s Book Month
Hi, friend! Welcome to the blog. And just like that, half of 2022 has passed. It’s July 1 and with it comes… National Children’s Book Month! For the whole month, we are celebrating the timeless stories that shaped our young… Continue reading
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Sprout’s First Time at UP Diliman: Father’s Day 2022
Happy father’s day to the loving, responsible fathers of all genders and all family set ups! Happy father’s day especially to my husband. I love you. With our Sierra at almost ten months, it’s our first Father’s Day, too. Our… Continue reading
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Maggie O’Farrell: Hamnet (2020)
I was never into the works of Shakespeare. Even, first, as a high school senior, when I was tasked to report on Taming of the Shrew, and later on, as a young librarian, when I was cataloging volumes after volumes… Continue reading
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Yoko Ogawa: The Housekeeper and the Professor (2003)
If I had known that Yoko Ogawa’s The Housekeeper and the Professor is filled with numbers and formulas, I would not have picked it up. As I mentioned in my previous review, I do not understand mathematics at all. I… Continue reading
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Sunday’s Drama
The last eleven days seem like forever. At this point, my body has started to heal. My C-section wound doesn’t hurt as much. My bleeding is significantly less, just like the last days of my period. My breasts, too, are… Continue reading
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