Water Shortage By Kathy Koches I just returned from a trip north of the border. Not to California, where I was born, but to Washington State in the Pacific Northwest. It is lush and green because it does rain there – a lot. But this is the story of a different kind of water
Mexicans Can Fix Almost Anything! – Part Two By Kathy Koches “I love Mexico and the Mexican people. Besides being kind, warm and generous, they possess the most amazing ability. They can fix almost anything!” That was the beginning a of story I wrote which was published in the August issue of El Ojo
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Hurtful Words By Kathy Koches One of the nicest compliments I’ve ever received was from an author, whom I respect. He called me a “wordsmith.” I much prefer this to being called a “grammar Nazi!” I remember my grandmother telling me the old adage “If you can’t say something nice, don’t say anything
Facing Fear By Kathy Koches Drench in sweat, trembling, with my heart beating wildly, I awoke about 3am a few nights ago. It was just a nightmare, which I rarely have, and fortunately I did not really remember what had caused me to be so terrified. But on some unconscious level, I was
Mexicans Can Fix Almost Anything! By Kathy Koches I love Mexico and the Mexican people. Besides being kind, warm and generous, they possess the most amazing ability. They can fix almost anything! The other day I was sitting at my vanity table in the bathroom, which of course has tile floors. As I picked
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Music In My Soul By Kathy Koches “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything.”—Plato Music has always been a part of my life. From my birth, and even before, my mother would sing to me. I remember her soft, gentle voice, soothing
Sorry, Charlie! By Kathy Koches I was standing in line to get an ice cream cone the other day, when the person ahead of me ordered “nieve de tuna.” Tuna ice cream?! Now I’ve been living in Mexico for almost eight years, and I had never heard of this–yuck! It sounded awful. The girl
Practicing Patience! By Kathy Koches Those who know me, know that patience has never been, nor will it ever be, my strong suit. It is something I have had to work on my whole life. I don’t like waiting for surprises, Christmas or trips. I want the answers to questions NOW (the Internet has
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