winter wonder

wonder | wander | women find peace and solace watching the changing light over the water as we sort and pack through more of a few of our favorite things. 

neighborhood winter foliage

Preparing again to leave for an extended journey back to our island home is a complex mix of earnest excitement and worrisome weariness. 

heart finds, soul food

It's been so long since wonder | wander | women were back on our native island. We have truly adopted and been adopted by our new homes abroad, so it's taking us a while to relearn island living.

There's one thing that never fails to make us feel at home. Food, of course! Ilonggo (or Hiligaynon) food is distinctive from other regions of the Philippines. Each province has its own native flavours.

nurture nature naturally

Humanity has painted itself into a corner in its pursuit to control and harness our natural environment. As a result we seldom find absolutely natural environments on Earth with naturalness varying from 100% natural in one extreme to 0% natural in the other. Prioritizing for human comfort and convenience has turned much of our natural world into an artificial habitat to suit us. 

Glacier retreat 1979, 1991 and 2002 due to global warming

At what price and cost to the ecosystem and biodiversity of our planet? The trouble may have started in how we categorize elements - as biotic, or living organisms and abiotic, what are considered non-living things.