Personal Essays

Some interesting experiences of the author are presented, including an explanation of why his biography was included in "Who's Who in the Midwest." Here is a list of some of the other topics treated: notes on Latin grammar, notes on the long lives of antediluvian patriarchs and a possible eanation of this phenomenon, a probable explanation of the UFO phenpmenon, a theory explaining that starlight might reach us quickly, a few of the author's recent poems, notes on Cebuano chicken adobo and Philippine buko pie, the story of Juan Batugan, building problems in the tropics, notes on Aloe vera and Arachnis pintoi and Hypoestes phyllostachia, farming in the Philippines, gardening without pesticides or artificial fertilizer, notes on the eggplant snd chayote, notes on kangkong and alugbati, nptes on Ocimum basilicum, etc.