Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “This longing to be beautiful….” Almost twenty years ago I was wandering around southern Brazil. For several days I had been immersed in the mist and almost overpowering beauty of Iguazu Falls, actually a system of 275 waterfalls running over a mile and a half on the […]
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Viva la Vida Loca en Mexico By Sergio Drumond SERGIO DRUMOND is an artist, theologian and writer. Born in Brazil, he worked in Europe and Asia as a book illustrator, cartoonist, painter and animator. He also lived in the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, teaching art as well as helping NGOs with social and relief work.
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A New Lease—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Am I Crazy? (Narcissistic Personality Disorder) A dear friend of mine recently dated a man who came very close to literally driving her crazy. This is a woman who is well respected in both her profession and her community, is one of the most
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The Snowbird’s Lament By Ardelle Holden What do you do for a whole six months,When you are in Mexico for the long Winter Season?We sigh deep sighs and roll our eyesWhen predictably asked this proverbial question.When first we see the Ajijic sun,The Welcome Back Season has just begun.Panteones come alive with Days of the
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LAKESIDE LIVING Tod Jonson todoflcs@yahoo.com Barbara Clippinger clippy1020@gmail.com May 2012 Both of us wish to thank each of you readers who enjoyed our column in Ojo’s April issue. We are most grateful for your enthusiasm and your best wishes to us. Therefore, may we give you MAY FLOWERS? Please share them with every mother you
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MEXICO— A Cautionary Tale I was warned. … Repeatedly. Warned. So many times it lost its potency. Warned. By well-meaning friends living in “safe” gated communities with armed guards By acquaintances who have never been here By media reports glamorizing and spreading alarm Who have a different definition of danger. And of what constitutes safety.
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Grape Expectations By Robert Kleffel and Noemí Paz Wine Blending Most of us, who were raised in the New World, order wines by the varietal name such as Cabernet or Chardonnay. In Europe, wine buyers order by a place name such as Bordeaux knowing that they were buying a blended red wine with Cabernet Sauvignon
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Four Mothers On The Block By M.A. Porter My son John died on January 2 from an accidental overdose. He was only 31. He had a few drinks one night and then took a strong painkiller, and the combination of chemistry stopped his heart. He didn’t have much of either in his system, but
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Dear Sir: I am most upset that our president, as our US Constitution is set up, is not permitted to govern. We need an American Parliamentary Democracy, like in Canada, which will enable our elected leader to carry out his campaign promises. I have written a political essay/novel presenting many of our present political ills,
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Grace By Loretta Downs The Thanksgiving after my mother died, I sat at the dinner table and looked around at a dozen of my loved ones ranging from my 22-year-old godson, a Marine on his way to Iraq, to my 92-year-old aunt, the last living of my mother’s five siblings. As the head of
