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House on a hill: Written for humans by a human

Kitchen talks and moonlit walks in Philippine suburbia

Sunset in Philippine suburbia

So much for moonlit walks

March 11, 2026 • Home & garden

I’m going to miss our late night walks but, for the forseeable future, we will have to content ourselves with sunset walks.

Frogs, you see, huge ones with bumpy skins, are invading the roads.

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Connie Veneracion

Welcome to the burbs on the slopes of the Sierra Madre Mountain Range. I tell stories to help resuscitate the fast fading art of real writing by a flesh-and-blood human with no AI contribution. More about me and my house on a hill.

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