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Fat Plague: Is Obesity Contagious? Part 1
Obesity is the latest epidemic threatening the whole world today, spreading like wildfire. The disease now affects millions of people, mostly those living in cities, in both developed and...
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The Wonders of Garlic
Dell H Grecia Reprinted from August 26, 2000 article of the same titleGarlic not only makes food more appetizing and aromatic, it also has various healing and herbal qualities.Garlic, a bulbous crop,...
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The “Eight Sense”
Dell H GreciaReprinted, March 16, 2002To make natural farming and gardening work, one must turn to the so-called “eighth sense”- the intelligence of naturalism- which, in turn, makes a green thumb.My...
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Easter Blessing from "Apo Resurreccion"
Dr Abe V RotorWe wish to ask in prayer the blessings of our Apo Resurreccion to all our blog members and viewers, radio listeners, and to all whose lives they touch, and to the management of Google...
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Wake Up! It’s Springtime.!
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogAn essay about personal insights and reflections UST Faculty of Arts and Letters: Communication Art Write your reaction to this article which relates to...
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Return of the Blackbird Martinez
Dr Abe V Rotor Martinez birds on a century old acacia tree. Tagudin, Ilocos Sur. Photo by the author with a telephoto lens. That was sixty year ago when you disappeared,I was very young then, but I...
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Philippine President Rod Duterte is Time's Person of the Year, 2016
MEDIATIME MAGAZINE RECALLS ITS LATEST ISSUE, PUBLISHES A REPRINTSEPTEMBER 18, 2016 POL PINOY1 COMMENTNEW YORK, New York (The Adobo Chronicles, Washington Bureau) – After receiving a lot of flak for its...
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40 Ways to Spend Summer - a Checklist
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on Blog [avrotor.blogspot.com]Details of murals by AVRBeating summer heat, San Juan, Ilocos SurSummer is here. Generally, it is a season synonymous to...
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Let's Observe International Mother Earth Day, 22 April
Theme for 2017: "Environmental and Climate Literacy". Country life in Summer, mural by the author, depicting happy childhood with nature. UNITED NATIONS: International Mother Earth Day is...
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Relics of History (Article in progress)
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on BlogBelfry, Magsingal, Ilocos SurOld Spanish church and convent. Bantay, Ilocos SurChurch of Sta Monica originally built in the 17th century. Roxas City,...
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Home, Sweet Home
Home is laughter and music, prose and poetry;Home is forgiving, rejoicing, celebrating.Dr Abe V RotorBrick House, acrylic by AVRHome, Sweet HomeBy John Howard PayneMusic by Henry Rowley Bishop...
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Let's Save Water the Summer!
This article is an update, and an urgent call to conserve water as the levels of our dams are now at a critical level.La Mesa Dam - Heart of the Angat-Ipo-La Mesa Water System World Water Day March...
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Albinism - Nature's "error" yet vital to evolution and perpetuation of species
Dr Abe V RotorAre albinos really pigmentless? I found it lately, and the answer is no. Here are photos of my pet fish - Oscar. I took the photos at two different times of the day - under bright...
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Karmai or Iba - The "Acid" Fruit
Karmai or Iba - The "Acid" Fruit Cicca Latin acida (Linn.) Merr. Family • EuphorbiaceaeDr Abe V Rotor A bountiful harvest of Karmai (Karamay Ilk), Sn Vicente, Ilocos Sur You don't have to climb the...
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Emergency or Survival Food Plants.
Dr Abe V RotorHanging yam (Dioscorea sp.)Pongapong (Amorphophallus campanulatus) Alugbati, Gumamela petals Gabi (Colocasia esculenta); ube (Dioscorea alata)Bagbagkong flowers (botanical description?)...
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A Piece of Eden Regained (article in progress)
Painting and Verse by Dr Abe V Rotor A Piece of Eden Regained Acrylic on canvas (33" x 103") by AVRotor April 27, 2017. Courtesy of LAWIN (Lagro Association of Writers and Artists Inc.), QCIt's a lake...
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The Power of STILLNESS
Silence, oh elusive silence,.take me to your realm divinewhere good and evil part,that I may find a new start, that begins in the heart. Dr Abe V RotorAngelus by Jean Francois Millet1. Stillness and...
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Reasons I love the Bahay Kubo (Nipa Hut)
Bahay Kubo takes us closer to nature, makes us appreciate our culture, and leads us to the inner calling for peace, quiet and joy.Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature - School on Blog Bahay Kubo...
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In our search of Utopia, we get lost on the way. Can we turn back?
In our postmodern living we are moving away from the natural world which guaranteed our success in evolution as a species. Then, rationality brought us out of the biblical Paradise in search of Utopia....
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Thoughts for Today: Baobab and Genie
Dr Abe V Rotor Trees are a symbol of unity and might;Rising to touch the sky altogether;A lone tree loses its majestic height,And soon disappears forever.Few trees live in isolation....
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