Your Backyard Garden: Food Bank and Living Laboratory
There are crops “we plant and forget.” Before the pot starts to shimmer, you realize you need some malunggay leaves, a dozen tops of kamote, a handful of fresh onion leaves, etc. All you need is to...
View ArticlePuppy - world's most lovable baby animal
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8-9 evening class, Monday to FridayLittle Mackie lulled to sleep under her...
View ArticleDr Jose P Rizal: Man for All Seasons and Humanity
Dedicated to our country's National Hero, whose martyrdom on December 30, 1896 ignited a revolution against Spain leading to Philippine Independence. Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on...
View ArticleThe Mysterious World of the Pagoda Bagworm Cryptothelea heckmeyeri Hubn.
Dr Abe V Rotor Pagoda bagworm, Crypothelea hekmeyeri Heyl., in pseudo colony on duhat leaf; right, enlarged side view of the pagoda-shaped insect. Sheepishly she peeps from under a pagoda she...
View ArticleTransient Landscape
... sans Homo sapiens, the earth is reborn. Dr Abe V Rotor Changing Landscape in acrylic by AVR 2014Global warming, its aftermath: Armageddon - oceans spill, shores retreat;continents shrink, islands...
View ArticleLiving Carpet on a Rock Face
Dr Abe V RotorLiving Carpet in acrylic, by AVR 2014The rock face is no more, now wears a living veil;its essence of giving life as it dies, fulfilled; when once proud and unyielding, unafraid to fail;...
View ArticleHarvesting Rainwater: The Art and Practice
Harvesting Rainwater: The Art and Practice Dr Abe V Rotor A bountiful harvest of rainwater cuts down water bill; it is environment-friendly and a source of enjoyment. At home, Lagro QC.Join...
View ArticleNew Year's Resolution: Don't be a Victim of Heart Disease, the Number One Killer
Dr Abe V RotorI have known people - a number of them relatives, co-workers and former classmates - who died of heart disease. If you have positive family history, you are a potential candidate to heart...
View ArticlePhotography: Tracking a Solar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse July 22, 2009 10 to 11 AMPhotographs by Abe V Rotor and Marlo R RotorIt is a cloudy day at Lagro, not far from La Mesa Eco Park.It's not going to be an easy task. It threatens to...
View ArticleInsect World: David and Goliath
Dr Abe V Rotor Hantik or Green Tree Ant (Oecephalla smaragdina) is on the guard against two digger wasps. Once provoked the whole ant colony goes to war, repelling or killing the intruders, and...
View ArticleGuide to a New Year's Resolution: Ways to Attain a More Interesting Lifestyle
Based on an interview with the late Dell H. Grecia-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Dell H Grecia was a veteran journalist writing for...
View ArticleLiving Wheels of Plankton
Author's concept of association and cooperation among the plankton communities cum associates that form food webs and ecosystems in oceans and lakes. Dr Abe V Rotor Living Wheels of Plankton, in...
View ArticleDried Frog Delicacy
Palakang bukid, signature of rice farming in the tropics has returned. Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio738...
View ArticleAre you living a simple life? Evaluate yourself.
Guide to a New Year's Resolution Dr Abe v RotorLesson on Simple LivingPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid with Ms Melly C Tenorio 738 DZRB AM, 8 to 9 evening class, Monday to Friday“Simplicity is the peak of...
View ArticleA tree fell and took with it its tenants and symbionts.
Everything was quiet, then came a gust of wind from nowhere. It sent a ten-year old samat tree crashing across our street. Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa...
View Article"Rizal was a good student, above average, though not excellent."
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to FridayDr Jose P Rizal...
View ArticleSmallest Plaza for a Great Man
Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to FridayJose Rizal monument...
View ArticleNoli Me Tangere's Introduction in Rizal's Handwriting
Dedicated to Dr Jose P Rizal on his 153rd birth anniversary, June 19, 2014 Researched by Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms...
View ArticleElias and Salome: deleted chapter of Rizal's novel, Noli Me Tangere
Researched by Dr Abe V RotorLiving with Nature School on BlogPaaralang Bayan sa Himpapawid (People's School-on-Air) with Ms Melly C Tenorio738 DZRB AM Band, 8 to 9 evening class Monday to FridayThis...
View ArticleRare things around us (article in progress)
Balloon Frog Biggest samat leaf (Macaranga tenarius)Time outCogon Whose big hands are these? USTMackie: A Little Miss
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