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Green Cross in the Sky
Dr Abe V RotorUmbrella Tree (talisay) - Terminalia catappa, San Vicente, Ilocos SurYou lost your crown, but not your glory,your function as umbrella tree; a ladder leans abandoned and empty;is this...
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Mystery of the Waterfall
Wall mural and Poem by Dr Abe V Rotor Waterfalls wall mural at author's residence, San Vicente, Ilocos SurHiss, tumble, and roar;catch the cloud into rain,mist and fog in your favor for mystery to...
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Beware of Lead Poisoning
Cumulative poisoning affects the brain, the nervous system, the blood, and the abdominal system characterized by severe stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, weakness and confusion combined with decreased...
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Genetic engineering, contrary to triumphant claims, could be the beginning of...
Dr Abe V Rotor Living with Nature School on Blog Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to FridayNo one can stop a...
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Radiation is an invisible deadly pollution of our postmodern era.
It is the man-made or man-induced kind of radiation spawned by the splitting of the atom on one hand and the invention of the microchip on the other, that jointly and collectively with the...
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Food for a change: Himbaba-o and Malunggay pod (Series 4)
Dr Abe V RotorAlukong (Ilk) or Himbaba-o (Tag) is a favorite vegetable for dinengdeng or bulanglang. It is actually the staminate or male flower of a large tree.Malunggay pod is skinned, and cut into...
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Food for a change: Caliente (ox's hide), pinapa-itan and kilawin (Series 3)
Dr Abe V RotorCaliente, ox hide. Hide is cleaned, and softened under low fire for hours, sliced thinly, spiced heavily with onion and pepper, and salt.Favorite goat recipes: kilawin (left) or medium...
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Food for a change: Jumping Salad and Chicken Dinugu-an (Series 2)
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on Blog1. This is a favorite dish of Ilocanos known as “jumping salad.”What is it really?In Paaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (school-on-the-air) program, five...
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Yes, you can paint.
Dr Abe V Rotor Author demonstrates use of pastel colors. Civil Service Commission, QC (circa 2002)An arch of trees, watercolorRed fish in acrylic; children's art workshop at the former St Paul...
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Confluence of Nature in Mural and Poetry
Paintings and Verses by Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on BlogLesson: Convert those empty walls, dead end corridors, hanging spaces, blank concrete fences, into Nature mural. Bring Nature...
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Quo vadis, Journalism? (Where is Journalism headed for?)
"There are set rules and standards of journalism embodied in the Code of Journalism which will remain unchanged," says Editor Feliciano U Galimba Jr, of the award winning community newspaper - The...
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Integrated Art Workshop for Children
Integrated Art Workshop for ChildrenDr Abe V Rotor (Organizer and Instructor)Second Session, 3 to 5 PM Sunday (January 29, 2017) San Vicente, Ilocos Sur Children gather at Dr Rotor’s residence to watch...
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A Scene of Tranquility*
And here as in our ancestors’ time, Lies an Eden, lofty yet sublime, Where there is no need of calendar To mark the passing of time. Wall Mural and PoemBy Dr Abe V Rotor Let...
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A Child by a Stream*
Dr Abe V Rotor Adventure makes a child a man soon enough,Curiosity its prime mover to make him tough. *The author’s grandson, Leo Carlo 2, in a make-believe adventure on a wall mural the author painted...
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Quo vadis, Homo? Where are we going, humans?
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogAuguste Rodin's The ThinkerQuo vadis, Homo sapiens? Where is man gong?A young man who was in love asked the computer, “What is love?”Whereupon, came a...
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Global Allergy Epidemic Looms
Response delivered by Dr Abe V Rotor on the 13th Biennial Convention, and 40th (Ruby) anniversary of the Philippine Society of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, PSAAI. Dr Arturo B Rotor, first...
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"I am looking for an honest man." Diogenes holding a lamp in midday.
Dr Abe V RotorDiogenes used to stroll about in full daylight with a lamp. When asked what he was doing, he would answer, "I am just looking for an honest man." Diogenes looked for a human being but...
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Imagery
Dr Abe V RotorThey say imagination is more powerful than knowledge;I may not be a Lindbergh, but I can soar into the sky;Gravity and distance, emptiness of space I shall defy, And by a leaning tree,...
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Integrated Art for Children: Get out of your box!
Dr Abe V Rotor The Magic Box - The figure below is an imaginary box constructed with nine (9) dots. Now this is the instruction. With a pencil draw four (4) continuous lines without lifting the pencil...
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Fiery Sunset
Dr Abe V RotorFiery Sunset, January 31, 2016, San Vicente, Ilocos SurRed sky tells of a storm coming, So with life, but why at sundown?Isn’t parting most peaceful, loving? Lest wanting at home bound.
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