House Of Ravens By Rachel McMillen Emily Caruthers snipped the last thread from the loom, carried the finished piece over to the table and laid it out. It was good work. The edges were straight, the interlocking threads of warp and weft smooth and tight, the colors rich, the textures leading the eye as […]
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Ah, Persistence! Setting: A prestigious employment agency in Washington, D.C. Time: Sometime late in 1858. As scene opens, a tall, solemn-looking MAN enters and walks stiffly toward a RECEPTIONIST. His gaunt features and melancholy-looking eyes immediately make her wary. RECEPTIONIST: Our deliveries are made down the hall.
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A Most Conflicted Priest By Herbert W. Piekow Sixteen years after Cortez conquered the Aztecs, Diego Durán was born in Seville, Spain. As a boy of five Durán´s family sailed from Spain to seek their fortune in the new world, research did not say if the family was successful, but it did reveal
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum What would a week without Anita’s Animals be like? First, there would be a blank spot at the Wednesday Ajijic tianguis. This would be very unusual as Anita has been there faithfully for many years during the summer heat, winter cold, some days with [rain] down-pours and on all
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com The Other Side of the World As I board the twelve hour flight from Seattle to Shanghai, my mind is churning at the prospect of seeing up close and personal what I’ve otherwise seen only from a distance and through a Western lens. Except for Made In China labels
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren Mark Twain, UncensoredBy Ed TascaDirected and Choreographed by Barbara Clippinger This was a fun event, which opened the curtain on Season 52 at the Lakeside Little Theatre. Ed Tasca wove together some historical facts in the life of Mark Twain, and sprinkled in some of his sayings, to
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com An Argument for Pluralism I have been thinking about the Russian-born British social philosopher Isiah Berlin lately. My friend at Lakeside, Luis Romero, shared one of Berlin’s essays with me a couple of years ago. In it, Berlin discusses the role of pluralism in Western liberal democracies. He
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