September 2016

Kokio: A Novel Based on the Life of Neill James (2016)

Kokio: A Novel Based on the Life of Neill James (2016) By Stephen Preston Banks274 pp. Tellectual Press, Valley, WAReviewed By Karl Homann   The arrival of Neill James in Ajijic in 1943, after suffering two near-fatal accidents, one while descending from the summit of Popocatepetl and the other on the “newlyborn” Volcán de Paricutin

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Imprints – September 2016

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Guadalajara’s blue collar Midtown   What I refer to as “Midtown Guadalajara” runs east from Chalpultepec to 8 De Julio, and south from Calle Independencia to Libertad. Avenida Vallarta passes directly through its heart, but much of what’s worth seeing and doing in this eclectic neighborhood happens on its less-traveled

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Fate

Fate By Janice Kimball   The American, blond hair now streaked with white, moved to the highlands of central Mexico to escape old hopes and expectations. She bought a small villa in Chapala and a battered pickup whose bed she filled with plants and flowers which she brought home to make a magnificent garden. Her

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