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    Book Review: The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur

    When I happened upon 'The Sun and Her Flowers' in a bookstore in Iloilo City,…

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Hands

    Photographing the art of reverent hands.

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    A Poem in the Morning

    Finding an old poem scribbled on bits of paper, matches a morning flower.

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    Appearance and Reality

    Photographing the ripples on a pond on Guimaras Island (Philippines) explains Philosophy 101 (appearance and…

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    Of the Forest

    Little poem inspired by a fallen leaf on an abandoned forest path.

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    Blogging Tips: writing to a word count

    Is there a magic formula for blog posts and web content?

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Old World Tropics

    Wandering barefoot on Guimaras Island among the pandanus. Each stage of the life cycle inspired…

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    Earth Meditations

    Sharing a meditation I wrote for Eco-Adventure Camp 2018 -- for young Filipino students.

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    The House of Ants

    I met a man today on the ferry between Guimaras and Panay Islands, Philippines. He…

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    • Creative Business
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    Finding Clients: 13+ Jobsites for Freelance Writers

    Need to find freelance writing gigs? Here are at least 13 notable jobsites for freelancers…

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    Me, the Tree by Ann Louise Ramsey

    Book Review: Me, the Tree by Ann Louise Ramsey

    The earth has worked her magic on me, in return for my love of being…

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    Jerry’s Mango Drink

    If Jerry can take his own cup to buy his favourite mango smoothie, maybe we…

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    Finding Art in the Everyday

    Finding art in the light behind a mop and bag of trash hanging in the…

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    Back at My Desk

    My first post after transferring our life and home to the city.

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    Under a New Window

    Imagining my first view of a new world, beyond an inner-city window.

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    Taking a Blogging Break

    After months of talk and planning, Jerry and I are finally transferring to live in…

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    Ronalin’s Hat

    If you remember my tale from last week about a little girl with severe head…

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    Book Review: I’ve Been There and Back Again by Joy McKean

    Any writer or songwriter or poet can learn a lot from Joy McKean's authentic voice.

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    Saying Goodbye

    Our cat Maxine says goodbye to her kittens. She was a wonderful mum.

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    Hello Kitty

    This morning I was sitting here at my computer, clattering away at they keys when…

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    Tax Tips for Australian Writers

    Even though these tax tips are written for Australian writers, they're typical of a writing…

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    My 50th Birthday

    Celebrating my 50th year with the people I call family in Estancia.

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    Things Get Messy

    Barking dogs and neighbouring fences inspired this little photo essay.

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    • Creative Business
    Making writing your profession can be very challenging for cashflow. Most of us writers are self-employed in sole trader-styled small businesses, where we do all of the billable work ourselves. Even when we reach a point where we can hire some help, our assistants can really only help with administrative stuff. If we get sick or want holidays and extra reading time we sacrifice our billable hours, reducing our income and profitability. To maximise cashflow it’s essential to plan and balance long-term writing projects with your writing clients and short term projects. You need to be very strategic about any new writing work you take on otherwise you might find yourself unable to sustain your income and pay the bills. Looking at the big picture it’s all about how you manage your time so you are always working on a mix of short-term projects that pay immediately on completion (like writing blogs and articles), mid-range projects that pay in advance or in milestones (like the content for a full website) and then large projects that yield long term passive income (like writing books and content for courses). Let’s look at each of these areas briefly to give you an idea of how strategic you must be to really make money writing.  Short term projects  Short term projects are a bit like coffee, they give you a quick financial hit and then it’s over. You can make money as a writer delivering on short term jobs like:- * One-off blogs and articles * Linkedin Profiles * Resumes, CVs and Job Applications * Short poems and flash fiction * Copywriting landing pages or company profiles * Content for websites And they’re an important part of a writer’s income stream. But unless you’re dealing with an existing client, short-term projects can take up loads of your time (possibly a lot more than you are billing them). It takes time to build relationships with clients or to pitch new publications as you need to learn about their businesses, their client base and their readers. When you first start your writing business, unless you have existing client relationships in place you’ll find yourself spending a huge percentage of your time chasing new clients, writing proposals and pitching new publications. It’s very easy to become caught up in that process only, where you aren’t investing any of your time in longer term writing projects that can deliver a more sustainable income.  Regular Writing Gigs When you get your business to the next stage, where you have a regular client base you can relax at little bit. But only for a minutes. You always want to be seeking regular writing gigs so you can just get on with the writing without having to pitch and fight for every job. Stuff like:- * Writing a weekly or monthly eNewsletter * Managing a client’s social media posts * Regular updates to a website * Regular blogging for a client * Editing an online eZine or journal Technical Writing Projects Technical writing in the right niche can pay really well for creating things like user manuals, training workbooks, employee handbooks, reference guides, warning labels, product catalogues, customer service policies or FAQs. Technical writers are paid to take complex subjects and write them into clear, easy understand text. Your best strategy is finding a niche in a specific industry or job role so your research time is minimised and you build on your knowledge with each writing assignment.  Passive Income Investing your writing time to create saleable products that generate passive income is some every writer should to strive to achieve. Of course this takes up large chunks of your time and the returns don’t happen until after the product is completely finished. But the rewards manifest in ongoing royalties, subscription fees and commission payments. The other great thing about passive income for writers is once you’ve written the materials you can delegate the marketing (if you have the resources of course) to administration staff or a VA working remotely. Over the coming weeks I’ll be blogging about each of these topics separately, but for now I’ll leave you with a  brief overview to give you some ideas. Books Naturally every writer aspires to have their books published but unless you can attract a publisher to print and market your books you’ll be relying on your own efforts as a self-publisher.  Many writers find success self-publishing eBooks in the non-fiction market, writing for a specialised niche. Others self-publish fiction and use a whole host of tactics to get their work out to the reading public. Andy Weir, bestselling author of ‘The Martian’ first published that book chapter by chapter on his personal blog. Workshops and Courses Creating your own workshops, webinars and online courses is becoming an increasingly popular side hustle. Websites like Udemy and Teachable enable individuals like you and me to create professional online training courses in our unique area of expertise. Affiliate Sales Affiliate marketing is a popular business model for making money from websites and blogs. As a writer you can sign up for an affiliate account with online retailers (Amazon.com is a great example) and embed personalised links to their products on your website pages and posts. Every time a reader clicks a link and buys a product within a certain timeframe (say 60 days) you receive a commission. Sounds easy hey? The thing I don’t really like about affiliate marketing is very often it’s done covertly in posts like “10 Essential Books for Writers”. The writer probably hasn’t read any of the books and they’re convincing readers to buy stuff based on the profile of their blog rather than the what’s in the best interest of their readers. Pay-per-click Advertising We’ve all seen the annoying banner ads and pop-up boxes that flood our eyes  when visiting news websites, blogs and social media sites like YouTube. Again you sign up and register for an adwords accounts with companies like Google or WordPress and receive a commission every time a reader clicks on an ad. Be Realistic and Remember Your Reputation The concept of passive income is excellent but the ‘set-and-forget’ business models that gets touted around the make-money-quick websites and lead pages is far from realistic. Of course you should write great materials but there is still a lot of work to be done in the marketing as well as keeping the books, course materials and workshops up-to-date. My final point on passive income and affiliate marketing is to remember your professional reputation. Use integrity and be honest when promoting affiliate products or writing training courses and workshops. Make sure they add value to your readers and strengthen your professional reputation.  Managing Your Time When you’re a writer and small business owner, your ability to manage your time is just as important as your ability to write. Though sometimes I think time management and personal productivity is such a fundamental part of writing that it cannot be separated. You must manage your time in order to finish the novel or get that client’s website copy finished. Use a strategic approach to securing clients by seeking a range of short-term and long term writing assignments as well as committing to the ongoing development of your own personal writing projects (like books and courses). Write with integrity and promote affiliate products that have genuinely benefited you, and you can enjoy long term success in your writing business and regular, consistent cash flow.

    Maximise Cashflow: balancing your writing projects and freelance writing clients

    To maximise cashflow it’s essential to plan and balance long-term writing projects with your writing…

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    Touch Me Not

    On a late afternoon walk, a small boy introduces me to the magical 'touch me…

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    Hot Dogs and Ham

    Imagine how your body responds to eating hotdogs and spam everyday?

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    Book Review: Habit Stacking by S.J. Scott

    A handy little book to help you make some simple changes in your day that…

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    Showcase Your Writing: building an online writing portfolio

    If you are just getting started as a freelance writer and have no completed assignments…

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    Book Review: Anatomy of a Scandal by Sarah Vaughan

    Characters that go beyond what I expected of a popular thriller and (combined with the…

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    • Notebook
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    Today is Market Day

    Market day in the Philippine provinces.

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    Where Do You Write? Why writers need a dedicated home office

    Don't compromise your writing by neglecting your home office writing space. 

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Astral

    Water, midnight and the moon, what can you see in their light?

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    • Notebook
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    Busted Seat

    What happens on a bus when the seat breaks? Maybe not this.

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    Kitten Babies

    Maxine’s three kitten babies are officially two weeks old.

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    Reforestation

    Little poem about a new bamboo forest to cover a beautiful island again with trees.

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    How To Be a Better Writer? Get Reading!

    “The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did.…

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    Book review: Force of Nature by Jane Harper

    Book Review: Force of Nature by Jane Harper

    With the release of 'Force of Nature', author Jane Harper has established a credible Australian…

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    Get Paid to Write Your Personal Story

    10 websites that pay up to $400 for your personal story. Now having the courage…

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    Holes in the Road

    Poetry inspired by street art and graffiti in Iloilo City, Philippines.

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    Pink Umbrella

    Poetry inpsired by a bright pink umbrella, against the innercity graffiti.

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Old Ensemble

    Teddy bears make great pillows, and blankets too.

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    Get Paid For Your Writing: setting up payment methods

    Just getting started as a professional writer -- how exactly are you going to get…

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    • Notebook
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    Suspicious

    Our beloved Maxine lost one of her kittens to a mean Ginger Tom. He got…

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    Fresh Coconut Juice

    Fresh 'buko juice' is one of the best things in the Philippines.

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Disentangled

    Poetry and photos inspired by a heritage house in Iloilo City, Philippines.

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    Book Review: The Woman in the Window

    Not a bad read, but I didn't find it 'unputdownable'.

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    Getting Started as a Professional Writer

    Fancy a career as a professional writer? Defining yourself as a writer by creating a…

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    Creature

    What do you see in the dirt? A creature? Or yourself? Sometimes you just fall…

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    Maxine and the Kittens

    Our family now includes four tiny kittens.

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    Public Transport

    Travelling to the next town to buy pizza for my 10 year old, and then…

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Waiting To Go Home

    Everyone waits for someone. Who do you wait for? Why do we? Wait?

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    Boy in Orange

    A little boy in a bright orange basketball outfit inspired this poem.

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    • Writings and Poetry

    Mighty Pink Ones

    Poetry inspired by bright pink clothes pegs.

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    • Notebook
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    Plastic Flowers … Ma’am Said

    When children tell you about a school project 5 minutes before the deadline, is it…

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    Buko Juice for Sale

    Fresh green coconuts, drinking sweet water from the nut, spilling it down your cheeks and…

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Three Sodden Weeks

    Riding the bus through the first full day of sunlight in weeks inspired this little…

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    I Blinked

    Ever wondered what happens while you blink?

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    Mutually Exclusive

    Making writing AND exercising a daily habit.

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    • Writings and Poetry

    Falling (Part II)

    It's easy to find alibis, everywhere.

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    A 3 Minute Study in Colour

    Wet season in the Philippines and you spend weeks covering the whole room in art…

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    How To Entertain Your 9 Year Old

    It's always exciting when you find a new place that your child loves.

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    Goddesses of Molo

    I do find it amusing that a sultry display of Greek Goddesses, stand underneath the…

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    A Little Boy and His Orange

    I hope this little post evokes all the joy that a simple act of kindness…

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    To Carve a Story

    It's monsoon season in the Philippines.

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    She rises, she falls

    Haiku poem inspired by tropical island palm trees on a windy day.

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    Brilliant

    Living, working, playing, eating and sleeping in one-room small room is not without its challenges.…

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    Old Man

    Poetry inspired by art and indigenous history.

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    Falling

    If you've ever wanted to escape the noise, people, and pain of our human world,…

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    Off to Sea

    Poetry inspired by street art and folk tales of the Philippines.

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    • Notebook
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    Riding in Cars With a Boy

    The first time Jerry rode in a taxi he opened the door while the taxi…

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    • From the Studio
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    You’re Killing Us

    How do you keep both sides of the creative fire burning and still have time…

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    Scallops

    A day in the life of a mom and a writer.

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    My Favourite Photo of 2017

    Reflecting on the events of 2017 and sharing one of my favourite memories.

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    Afternoon Talk

    Afternoons in the Philippine provinces.

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    Christmas Reflections

    Christmas, kids, and cats.

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    Maxine’s First Christmas

    Little poem about spending Christmas with a boy and his cat. Games and gifts under…

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    Recycling Plastic is Not a Solution

    Of course recycling plastic is important, but it's not a solution to the growing issue…

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    Book Review: Back to Reality

    The book that stemmed from 'The Bestseller Experiment' podcast.

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    Urduja Floodwaters

    Living in a rural area of the Philippines is not without it's challenges.

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    Living in Typhoon Season

    There is a hard reality to living in a developing country during Typhoon Season.

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    The Sound of Christmas in the Philippines

    Christmas in the Philippines is filled with music, religious fiestas and lots of rain. No…

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Afternoon Elegance

    Little haiku poem (or possibly more senryu) inspired by the sun's setting rays.

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    • From the Studio
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    Sick. Sick. Sick.

    Feeling like I've been on another planet the last few weeks (terribly busy) which is…

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    Starting the Day Right

    The best way to start my day as a copywriter is with a wonderful FB video…

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    Upcycle Your Christmas

    Christmas decorations assembled by human hands.

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    • Writings and Poetry
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    Where Hands Fall

    Tree leaves and insect holes.

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    Flowers of the Tropics

    Gorgeous tropical flowers, bold red and shiny, inspired this haiku poem on Guimaras Island, Philippines.

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    Above the Wishing Well

    Ring the bell for a wish.

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    Spider

    Little poem inspired by a spider, lurking behind a noisy party.

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    Atmospheric

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    Little Pieces of Joy

    Catching Jerry singing to his cat are among the little pieces of droll delight that…

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    Road Widening

    This little photo essay is a tribute to Philippine resourcefulness and ingenuity, even though a…

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    Building a Sand Trap

    Watching locals build a sandtrap to reduce erosion along the shoreline at Pilar.

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    Street Checkers

    Waiting for a bus from rural Estancia to Iloilo City, I stopped to chat with…

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    Burnt Sunset

    Poetry inspired by a burning sunset and the silhouettes of bamboo huts in the rural…

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    Balut

    When you visit the Philippines you definitely need to try 'balut'.

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    BOOK REVIEW THE MAPS THAT CONTAIN US

    Book Review: The Maps That Contain Us

    The scattered illustrations, micro-poetry, and GPS co-ordinates all create a journey.

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    Sunlight

    After weeks of overcast, the sun sears through the stratosphere with startling intensity.

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    The Little Journal

    A book for secrets.

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    Lady with Orange Flowers

    I love the mystery of market flowers! Where they came from, the people who planted…

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    • Danish krone (kr.) - DKK
    • Egyptian pound (EGP) - EGP
    • Dominican peso (RD$) - DOP
    • Euro (€) - EUR
    • Ghana cedi (₵) - GHS
    • Guatemalan quetzal (Q) - GTQ
    • Hong Kong dollar ($) - HKD
    • Hungarian forint (Ft) - HUF
    • Indian rupee (₹) - INR
    • Indonesian rupiah (Rp) - IDR
    • Israeli new shekel (₪) - ILS
    • Japanese yen (¥) - JPY
    • Jordanian dinar (د.ا) - JOD
    • Kenyan shilling (KSh) - KES
    • Kuwaiti dinar (د.ك) - KWD
    • Malagasy ariary (Ar) - MGA
    • Malaysian ringgit (RM) - MYR
    • Mexican peso ($) - MXN
    • Moroccan dirham (د.م.) - MAD
    • New Taiwan dollar (NT$) - TWD
    • New Zealand dollar ($) - NZD
    • Netherlands Antillean guilder (ƒ) - ANG
    • Nigerian naira (₦) - NGN
    • Norwegian krone (kr) - NOK
    • Omani rial (ر.ع.) - OMR
    • Pakistani rupee (₨) - PKR
    • Paraguayan guaraní (₲) - PYG
    • Philippine peso (₱) - PHP
    • Polish złoty (zł) - PLN
    • Qatari riyal (ر.ق) - QAR
    • Pound sterling (£) - GBP
    • Saudi riyal (ر.س) - SAR
    • Russian ruble (₽) - RUB
    • Singapore dollar ($) - SGD
    • Sol (S/) - PEN
    • South African rand (R) - ZAR
    • South Korean won (₩) - KRW
    • Sri Lankan rupee (රු) - LKR
    • Swedish krona (kr) - SEK
    • Swiss franc (CHF) - CHF
    • Thai baht (฿) - THB
    • Tunisian dinar (د.ت) - TND
    • Turkish lira (₺) - TRY
    • United Arab Emirates dirham (د.إ) - AED
    • Uruguayan peso ($) - UYU
    • United States dollar ($) - USD
    • Venezuelan bolívar (Bs.) - VES

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