Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen Kingmoonie1935@yahoo.com Under the shadow of benevolent arms of the luxurious Church under construction, the little town of Tepehua struggles to its feet. Its once dangerous streets are less so, especially during the bustling day. Police cars cruise the areas that once they ignored. A woman or girl less likely to […]
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Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton Becoming Real Thoreau tells us that “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to confront only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that
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The Blind Knife Sharpener By Teri Saya I love living here in Mexico. There are always sounds in our neighborhood to announce one thing or another. I especially like the “knife sharpener’s” whistle….. A long, low fluting whistle waivers in the air. As it comes closer, you gather up your knives. A young boy
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Remembering FDR By Beverly Bandler Franklin Delano Roosevelt(1882-1945) January 30, 2014 was the 132 anniversary of the birth of Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945). You’d think that the Democratic Party would note the birth of FDR, the Democratic president who led the nation out of the worst economic crisis in its history—the Great Depression, who led
Palms Up! By Alice Caldwell I owned few books as a child, but one I treasured was a battered Atlas of the World, a hand-me-down from my Uncle Harry. When I’d read all the library books I was allowed to take out in a week, when it was too cold to swim or there
Facing Time By Bonnie L. Phillips Thirty-year-old Agnes had vague memories of being in a stark white hospital. She remembered seeing a tunnel of brilliant white light, heard masked people giving orders, and saw rivulets of slick blood follow the contours of their gloved fingers. Around the same time, she saw a man whose
Mexico’s Daffiest Dreamer By Ilse Hoffmann Some people think Edward James was certifiably insane because he once built outside Xilitla (in La Huasteca, in the northeastern state of Mexico, San Luis Potosi), some of the most bizarre concrete structures ever seen. Others think he was a genius who created his dream at “Las Pozas,”
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Daylight Attack In The Plaza By Clare Gearhart It was sudden, unexpected and yielded an adrenaline rush that lasted for hours. One moment, I was sauntering into the Plaza, my taste buds anticipating the comfort of a bowl of tortilla soup, the next moment I was aware of having dropkicked a vicious pooch off
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The Artistic Clay Of Tonala By Terrence Golden All over México it is possible to find artistic clay pieces, either utilitarian or decorative. Tonalá is probably, the most artistic center of the whole country, where beautiful pieces have been made for centuries. The polished pottery produced in Tonalá today has its roots in pre-Hispanic
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The Wood Carver By Roberto Moulun He was a small man, but his hands were large and strong. Two men could not pry his fingers open from his wooden mallet. He won the bet, and that night drank at the pub forfree. Perhaps he never would have become a carver if he hadn’t lost
