Four Seasons in Japan
A Photo Journey by Arlene Donaire Every day was a journey and the journey itself felt like home as I tried to grasp and appreciate my life in Japan. Four seasons in the land of the rising sun – winter, spring, summer, and fall. All worth it! Manila — I was blessed with a once-in-a-lifetime […]
Love in the Time of Housework
Mothering Heights By Janet Villa Manila, Philippines Editor’s Note: OSM! joyfully shares a video about Janet Villa as an adoptive mom to Anna. A wonderful story of appointed, unconditional love. On the eve of my birthday, two hours into Black Saturday, I am scrubbing the bathroom walls and washing the shower curtain. The chore is […]
Haiku – Horses in the surf
Granny Gorgeous By Sylvia Hubilla Round Rock, Texas racing hooves and waves there is beauty in the chase of pure strength and grace. waiting for the surf ‘neath blue skies and blazing sun, children dream… Believe. Haiku and Photo by Sylvia Hubilla Malaquite Beach, Corpus Christi, TX Summer 2013 (For more of Sylvia’s […]
Of Attitude, Racism, and Immigration
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York City A bubbly Filipina once cracked a joke that the classy DKNY has a different twist among Filipinos. “We are DKNY. Not Donna Karan in New York but Dakilang Katulong in New York (The Heroic Helper in New York),” she said. We laughed. There’s the classic putting-ourselves-down-again! […]
That Psyche of Resilience
Editor’s Notes By Marivir R. Montebon New York City After indulging in champorado (rice porridge with chocolate) and arroz caldo (rice porridge with chicken and ginger), two of the most loved comfort foods of Filipinos, I finally got the chance to meet face to face my laptop. Onward to writing, I said, after my carbo […]
Year-ender EVENTS for Yolanda Survivors
New York City — Filipinos abroad are still at it…relentlessly doing what they can to extend help for the relief and rehabilitation of survivors of super typhoon Yolanda (international name Haiyan). In Florida, the Space Coast Pinoys (SCP) held a charity ball on December 15, 2013 at the Tides Restaurant in the Patrick Air Force Base […]
Christmas Feature: STAND WITH GRACE
By Marivir R. Montebon (Our Christmas special feature is Grace Grande, a fitting Christmas celebration of the victory of a brave woman rising from her own miserable condition. Thank you, Grace for the immense inspiration from your strength. Merry Christmas, dear readers! – Ed.) Independence is happiness. – Susan B. Anthony, American suffragist New York […]
Glamour Should be Healthy as Well
In the ancient days, women were the first to learn to use herbs that cleaned and made their skins and hair smooth and shining. During the course of time, the use of these natural herbs and oils were taken over by petrochemical products that threatened the looks and well-being of those who buy into them. […]
Pen and Pencil
By Shawn Martin Southeastern Connecticut There are no shades of gray in the visual artistry of Shawn Martin from Connecticut. His ‘When You Know Your Time Has Come’ for example, is in black and white, to mean how wrong deforestation is. Primarily self-taught, Shawn’s medium of choice tends to be India Ink Pens because he […]
SEA STORIES
Poems by Merlie Alunan (The author is a Filipina poet and professor in Literature at the University of the Philippines – Tacloban and Silliman University in Dumaguete in the Philippines. She survived the super typhoon Yolanda in November and has since lived in Dumaguete. This poem is quite a foreboding of things to come in […]
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