Requiem For Stanley By Bernie Suttle “Ya’ goin’ to the service for Stanley?” Bart asked Ralph. “Sure. He was part of our society. Ralph’s vestige of a brogue gave evidence of his land of birth many years ago. He declared. “Sure, it’s a proper day for a burial with the grisly gray of the […]
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I Would Have Been a Nazi By David Ellison The revelation came as a slap in the face. I’d been teaching my high school unit on WW II and the Holocaust when it hit me: I would have been a Nazi. Yes, I, a passionate long-time progressive activist and educator, would have been a
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Editor’s Page By Victoria Schmidt We cannot move! Last Monday I took a cab from the corner of Farmacia Guadalajara in Ajijic, to my doctor’s office in Riberas. Traffic was crawling in each direction bumper-to-bumper. Usually, it opens up around the horrible and dangerous intersection at Walmart. But it did not. Both sides of
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An Exclusive Tequila Tour Like No Other Submitted by Carole Baker Assistant Community Facilitator for Jaltepec. Centro Educativo Jaltepec, the only institution in Mexico to grant a Technical Degree in Hoteleria and Hospitalidad is introducing a fundraising venture that will continue to help us support the students of Jaltepec. These young Mexican women will
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Women of the Irish Rising;Women of the Irish Rising;a People’s History Book Review by Herbert W. Piekow Most of us know Michael Hogan as a writer of history, philosophy and as a teacher; particularly we know him as the author of the bestselling, Irish Soldiers of Mexico, which was the basis of an MGM
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Why This Lakeside Curmudgeon Still Loves The Holiday Season By Don Beaudreau wbeaudreau@aol.com Happy Holiday to one and all, however you might celebrate it! Whatever your religious tradition (or lack of one), cultural influence, philosophical belief, or life experience. Whatever your sorrow, frustration, fear, confusion, or anger. Whatever your joy, expectation, excitement, amazement, or
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Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Mise En Place Just when I was feeling all smug and satisfied with my preparations for my ultimate demise, along comes correspondence in my inbox which outlined a checklist for getting one’s affairs in order. This list was more comprehensive than other lists I had seen. And the
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Love In The Time Of Covid By Bernie Suttle Connie finally found an apartment she could afford, a one-bedroom, first floor on Lake Chapala in San Juan Cosala, Jalisco, Mexico. It even had a garden where she could plant some flowers. San Juan was the village where the maids, gardeners and laborers lived. Connie
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A Pink and Purple Christmas By Tom Nussbaum It started as a joke. It became an obsession. The four of us, strolling through Portland’s Festival of the Trees, were enjoying and evaluating the dozens of Christmas trees decorated by the region’s largest corporations and most identifiable big businesses. The trees had themes. One was adorned
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If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum Part of this month’s article is about Sex. There is always something to learn. Well, that got your attention. Since this is a family magazine and this column is about pets, this topic is about puppy and kitten litters and their creation. A friend and I
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