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Philippine Envelope

My association with the Philippines – its people, their history and their continuing struggle – is the most pervasive and transforming influence in my life.

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KIDS KITES AND FIRE

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In the time of Martial Law in the Philippines, the Governor of Metro Manila Imelda Marcos sought to “clean up” the metropolis, often through forced evictions of squatter areas. But there were other means also … The kids flew their kites– tattered, ragged, made of scraps –on our street after their fireOur street because theirs was no moreTheir fire for it swallowed all they...