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THE IRON BUTTERFLY – A Memoir by Rosalinda Morgan
THE IRON BUTTERFLY – Coming Soon at Amazon.com Release Date – June 12, 2015 You can pre-order your copy at http://www.amazon.com. The Iron Butterfly is a gripping tale about the intense devotion and ordeal of Regina Buendia, a young mother who suddenly finds herself all alone and penniless with nine young children to support after her…
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MY FIRST YEAR AS A WRITER
It has been a year since I published my first book, “BAHALA NA (Come What May)”. In the course of the year, I have learned a lot about the publishing industry and how it works. I subscribe to the Writer’s Digest, read blogs and books about writing and publishing. I’m a late bloomer. I published…
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SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ON JAN. 1 THROUGHOUT HISTORY
Throughout history, there are some significant events that happened on the first day of the year. Here are few of them: 1622 – Papal Chancery adopts Jan. 1 as beginning of the year 1660 – 1st entry in Samuel Pepys’ diary 1673 – Regular mail delivery begins between New York and Boston 1772 – First…
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Joining the National Novel Writing Month Challenge
I joined the throng of writers for the National Novel Writing Month competition for November 2013. I heard of it last year late in November but it was too late to do the challenge. This time, I was determined to challenge myself. This challenge is a way of making you stay focused on writing. You…
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SAMPAGUITA, The Philippine’s National Flower
Countries have adopted flowers as national cultural symbols. The United States has the rose; the Netherlands, the tulip; Japan, the chrysanthemum; Austria, the edelweiss and Ireland the shamrock. The Philippines have several national symbols: the carabao (water buffalo), the narra tree and sampaguita. Sampaguita or kampupot was adopted by the Philippine government as its national…
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Book on Batangas
I’ve always been looking for books about the Philippines and came across “Battle for Batangas” written by Glenn Anthony May while reading “Honor in the Dust” written by Gregg Jones. I thoroughly enjoyed both books. This was the first time, I saw a book written about Batangas besides my book “BAHALA NA (Come What May)”.…
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Taal Volcano – A Complex Volcano
Taal Volcano, a complex volcano and known as the lowest volcano is one of the smallest active volcanoes in the world. It is situated in the midst of Taal Lake, in the southern part of Luzon in the Philippines, about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of Manila, in the province of Batangas. It is located…
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Little unknown part of Philippine-American War
Honor in the Dust is an eye opener. I lived in Oyster Bay for 40 years and I never heard about the events mentioned in the book. All I heard was TR’s role with the Rough Riders in Cuba. Honor in the Dust changed the history. This is an unknown and hidden part of Philippine…
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Excerpts from BAHALA NA (Come What May)
Here is an excerpt from BAHALA NA (Come What May), a WWII novel of faith and survival: On the evening of December 22, they made it to Paniqui, Tarlac on the way to the provincial capital of Tarlac. It was a good decision that they did not take the road to Lingayen. Delfin had the…
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