tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post7653072413890797257..comments2023-06-07T07:36:29.060-05:00Comments on Lily Pad: All Hail To the Goddess OstaraAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-11100233702871372842010-04-17T12:45:00.822-05:002010-04-17T12:45:00.822-05:00Ms. Rosca...did you ever find out what degree your...Ms. Rosca...did you ever find out what degree your mother had? Did she do work based on that degree? What was it? What work did your father do Ms. Rosca...sorry if I'm making this seem like a mini Formsprings page. I'm just a fan of your works-I've read them all! hee heeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-8461517995606808132010-04-05T20:21:15.505-05:002010-04-05T20:21:15.505-05:00Mother had a degree in biology or botany, I forget...Mother had a degree in biology or botany, I forget now which. But she was, I think, descended from babaylans. Her mother's family name was in Tagalog, not Spanish. Books weren't that expensive, I think, when I was a kid. I was told not to touch them -- so of course I climbed the bookcases and read everyone, starting at age 5. Yeah, "Ball of Fat" is a great story. I had two writer-models when I was starting to write: Maupassant and Thomas Mann. How quaint, no? I recall we had "The New Yorker," too. It was a strange household.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-76017329905756820302010-04-05T20:03:12.258-05:002010-04-05T20:03:12.258-05:00Was your mother a professor? How did you afford su...Was your mother a professor? How did you afford such a library?...sorry I'm just a fan and avid reader who enjoys your works and OMG! I love Maupassant too! My favourites of his works are "Ball of Fat" and "The String."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-29229108087409838882010-04-05T19:30:19.404-05:002010-04-05T19:30:19.404-05:00PS to Anon1: I read Maupassant -- he remains one ...PS to Anon1: I read Maupassant -- he remains one of my favorites -- in English, though he inspired me to study French when I, in my turn, got to UP. <br /><br />UP used to be such an intellectual center.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-33936512142292551732010-04-05T19:27:36.203-05:002010-04-05T19:27:36.203-05:00Anonymous1: My mother was a University of the Phi...Anonymous1: My mother was a University of the Philippines graduate (rare in those times) and my older sister was already in the same college when I was still a kid. So we had a pretty good library at home; so I was used to going to libraries. <br /><br />Anonymous2: GMA's passe; it's time to crucify her proxy candidate(s).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-34269498719871059572010-04-05T18:25:30.451-05:002010-04-05T18:25:30.451-05:00I'd be impressed if that one woman who crucifi...I'd be impressed if that one woman who crucified herself was Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo! Now that's something to celebrate in the name of Ostara!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-20161840385215850052010-04-05T18:22:35.413-05:002010-04-05T18:22:35.413-05:00I'm curious how you conducted such an intense ...I'm curious how you conducted such an intense study without the World Wide Web...hee hee sorry I'm a pathetic product of Generation Y or something. Ms. Rosca, are you versed in other languages? Did you read Maupassant in its original French?<br /><br />Maybe a new Filipino tradition could be crucifying the priests on the green, hill tops that over look the sea? How symbolic of a rejection of our history of Western colonial oppression?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-21061799883414178672010-04-05T14:45:45.830-05:002010-04-05T14:45:45.830-05:00Yes -- an almost improbable story: like many youn...Yes -- an almost improbable story: like many young Filipinas, I thought of entering the nunnery (GASP!) and because I was a strange kid (I was ten, reading de Maupassant)I approached the issue by conducting this intense study of Catholic church history, reading one book after another. Discovered all the lies thereto...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-44737151503491139592010-04-05T14:39:47.468-05:002010-04-05T14:39:47.468-05:00Do you remember when you first learned about Ostar...Do you remember when you first learned about Ostara Ms. Rosca?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-6086861176381569832010-04-05T01:14:19.065-05:002010-04-05T01:14:19.065-05:00Corrected it... was making me sleeplessCorrected it... was making me sleeplessAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-42884468472049703432010-04-04T01:46:10.931-05:002010-04-04T01:46:10.931-05:00Just noticed a missing "s" in the first ...Just noticed a missing "s" in the first line -- words Easter and estrogen... there must be a better software...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-41750675290516932012010-04-04T00:58:25.792-05:002010-04-04T00:58:25.792-05:00I'm inclined to think that this comes from &qu...I'm inclined to think that this comes from "ideological exceptionalism" -- which translates to "We serve a higher (larger) (better) (more radical) (more spiritual)cause, therefore we can f--k you over." I've seen it done by many, many organizations and people. It should be considered a political crime or sin.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08399994062215036838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31734362.post-18118609605127162872010-04-04T00:53:43.712-05:002010-04-04T00:53:43.712-05:00Why do you think the Church waited so long and kep...Why do you think the Church waited so long and kept insisting on process, process, even as the children were getting abused?<br /><br />I'm a lapsed Catholic, by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com