Yearly Archives: 2016


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**This sale is good thru 11/27/16** Jewel Allen Soapbox $.99 AMAZON Nonfiction/Political Memoir When a medical waste company tries to relocate to her county, columnist Jewel Allen never would have guessed it would be the end of one life, and the beginning of another. Wanting to protect her community, she […]

Holiday Book Bargains


Technically speaking, the title sounds kind of negative, but we’ll pretend it also means, “I rocked.” It is also 2 a.m. and that is the sassiest title my brain can come up with. But the point of this post is… I just finished THE SPANISH EXILE revisions for the (I […]

Another one bites the dust






Monday, July 4, 2016 (our last full day), Manila, Philippines Happy July 4th! What a fun start to the morning. Sweet Sabrina agreed to run with me at Luneta Park at 5:30 a.m. I had no idea what to expect, as I haven’t been in Manila or Luneta in so […]

Philippine Trip: Day 12


Sunday, July 3, 2016 Leaving Angeles after church, the full three-hour block from nine to twelve with Ward 1 (not Sierra’s area) and sacrament meeting from 1 to 2:10 with Ward 2 (Sierra’s first area). They were great fast and testimony meetings. I loved hearing testimonies in both Tagalog and […]

Philippine Trip: Day 11



Saturday, July 2, 2016 What a blessing that it wasn’t raining this morning at Batad. Woke up at 5 and by 5:30 ran with an overcast sunrise for a half hour near Bogah Homestay. Bogah is the local word for bigas, or rice. It is cooler here than in the lowlands […]

Philippine Trip: Day 10


Friday, July 1 Woke at five to catch a beautiful sunrise on Sabang Beach in Baler. I love the place we are staying at. Simple accommodations but right on the beach. It is owned by a lovely LDS member named Sister Wilma whom Sierra got to know when she served […]

Philippine Trip: Day 9



June 30, Baler All day, the TV stations are covering Philippine President Duterte’s inauguration speech. He doesn’t smile much, but he comes across as earnest and tough. I think Filipinos are excited to see what he will do. = = = When I was a kid, I remember our family […]

Philippine Trip: Day 8