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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial By Fred Mittag “America’s Failing Infrastructure”   Above, a bridge in Minneapolis over the Mississippi River. It collapsed on August 1, 2007, killing 13 and injuring 145. It carried 140,000 vehicles daily. More than 60 years ago, in an economics class at the University of Houston, the professor mentioned that economists

Ramblings From The Ranch Plan Ahead for Your Pet’s Sake By Christina Bennett   We all think we will outlive our pets—and hopefully we will. Unfortunately, none of us can predict the future and even healthy young people can die suddenly. What will happen to your pets if you cross that rainbow bridge ahead of

“The Night of the Dead” Lives on in Patzcuaro, Mexico By Carol L. Bowman   The pristine sky glistened with starry constellations, while the half moon’s glow showed the way. Mist rose from Lake Patzcuaro and a chilly midnight breeze whipped around our necks. Captain Fidel moored his launch, the Carmela, through the darkness from

The Legend of Heartbeat Mountain:The Blue-Eyed Witch. By Sergio Casas   Curious children scramble up the side of Heartbeat Mountain. They were told, over many years, that if they placed an ear to the rocks, and listened very carefully, they could hear a heartbeat. Nobody knows why it is called Heartbeat Mountain.  Nobody knows the

Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Tar Balls   When I was a little girl, we had a secret swimming hole, a spring, secluded and shady under a grove of trees. My granddad had located it and when it was hot, we would load into the back of his black, rounded-front pickup truck, and jump

A Warm and Sunny Day By Queen D. Michele   During the time I was researching and trying to decide if I wanted to drive my car into Mexico, an incident occurred which made the thought of not having a car, paying for insurance, and driving become very appealing to me. It was a warm

Preparing for Grief By Donna J. Mansfield   I didn’t know before my husband died how well prepared I was for grief. Sure, I suffered, lost my memory, had a bad reaction to tranquillizers, cried almost non-stop, couldn’t eat (my throat closed after two bites) and missed him like crazy. And it took about six

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com   The Tepehuas are an indigenous people whose name in Nahuatl means ‘people of the mountains’. They are originally from Hildago, Veracruz and the eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre Oriental. The Tepehuas are not to be confused with the Tepehuans which is

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Everything in the Garden by Edward Albee (adapted from the play by Giles Cooper) Directed by Peggy Lord Chilton   The original play by Giles Cooper opened in London in 1962, and Albee wrote an American version a few years later as a tribute to his friend. It’s described