FOR THE SAKE OF ILOKANO WRITING

 
   The blogger has accepted the invitation to reconnect with former colleagues. But not after urging Freddie Padua Masuli, dean of a Cagayan State University and president of the province's Ilokano writers' organization,  to think over the proposal because of a misunderstanding in former times. 
     Dekano Freddie, the great peacemaker, countered there was never a "misunderstanding" between him and the blogger; therefore,  we had nothing to settle. Which was true. 
     True indeed, confirmed Arthur Urata, the national president of the Ilokano writers association, who called us up in Oscariz.   
     And so we look forward to sharing thoughts and whatever we learned as mannaniw (poet) in the language in the Ilokano writers's April 18-20, 2014 affair at Cabicungan Inn in the seaside town of Claveria, Cagayan. Agbiagkayo!

MODERN BIBLICAL STORY OF THE WOMAN WHO SINNED

   

     She has been doing her thing--shacking up with other men--since time immemorial, said a member of her organization of Ilokano writers. Does her husband know about this perfidy? 
     He probably does, the informant said. But there is nothing he could do for his salary as a garbage truck driver  may not be enough to support a family of four.
     She could find a more decent job,  the blogger said.
     Prostitution is the easiest way to earn money, the man said.
     And we remembered the Bible story about a sinner, a prostitute, who was about to be stoned to death by a mob. JC said to the people," Let the man who has no sin cast the first stone."  
     The woman was saved and the Savior said to the woman, "Go, and sin no more."
     The latest news is that the woman has gone back to her hometown, leaving behind her husband. It was not known if she took along with her their children. 
     The cause of their separation? The informant himself who, according to him, also sired another child from a fellow writer. What?