Manila, 1938

This is both amazing and surreal at the same time. Thanks for sharing this, Maricel!

button maker + 70s children's dictionary

Proceeds of sales go to the Basilio B. Garrote Library in La Paz, Bohol, Philippines.

button maker + Philippine Stamps

button maker + PINOY KOMIKS

International Deaf Education Association - Philippines

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

I'm always talking about teaching theatre to deaf kids in the Philippines and how I fell in love with each and everyone of them and how I cried on my last day and how life altering the experience was and blah, blah, blah.

Well, if you hadn't had enough of my jabbering, I invite you to watch these clips that my friends in Paris [long story] made about the non-profit organization I was teaching for, International Deaf Education Association, better known as IDEA Philippines.

And please, do check out their site: http://ideadeaf.org/ And while you're at it, click on 'Sponsorship' and make the world a better place :)

Coconut Safety Pin Bracelets

Guy jewelry. Coconut heishe beads. Safety pins.

A little bit of the islands. A little bit of punk.

Mom's Library

Legacies.

Some women have grandchildren, some women build libraries.

Named after my grandfather, the Basilio B. Garrote Memorial Library is located in La Paz, Bohol, Philippines. A man I never knew died of, of all things appendicitis during World War II, was a councilman and avid bookworm. Six decades later, his youngest daughter would want his name and his legacy to live on.