SWINDLERS By Margaret Van Every You want to think you nailed a bargain— swindled the Incan or Mayan, the ignoramus by the side of the road who haggled away his country’s patrimony for a pittance and never knew it. You pride yourself in thinking you’re the master swindler, prizing your purchase more for […]
PEPPERMINT REVERIE By Tom Eck It had been a horrendous shopping day, not to be unexpected just two days before Christmas. I don’t usually don’t delay my Christmas shopping, but this year was different. Jenny, my wife of 35 years, my confidant and my love was no longer with me. In March, she had
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mr. Grattan-Domínguez, I am a retired Mexican ambassador, now residing in Guadalajara (Zapopan, to be exact). Today, I read the latest edition of that wonderful publication, “Ojo del Lago” I was thrilled to read an article by Rosamaría Casas, a wonderful lady whom I met back in the early
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mr. Grattan-Domínguez, I am a retired Mexican ambassador, now residing in Guadalajara (Zapopan, to be exact). Today, I read the latest edition of that wonderful publication, “Ojo del Lago” I was thrilled to read an article by Rosamaría Casas, a wonderful lady whom I met back in the early
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COWBOYS HEROES OF YESTERYEAR By Dr. Lorin Swinehart I was heartened recently to learn that Disney has released a new Lone Ranger movie. Back in the forties and fifties, every boy knew that a cowboy’s best friend was his horse. We knew the names of all the cowboys and all their horses. There was
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CELEBRATING DEATH Mexican Style By Samantha Ray One of the popular songs of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 -1921 is “Valentina.” This woman is visited by her lover, who comes in great danger to see her. His last words upon leaving her are: “If I must be killed tomorrow, let them kill me once
The Old Mexican Man By Mary Morgan I approached Real de Catorce from the north, through a tunnel dug over 9000 feet above sea level, its silver mines now silent. Young boys waited eagerly at the other end, competing to lead me through the maze of ancient ribbon-wide streets to “El Centro,” what remained
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OBAMACARE IS A BAD LAW By Kenneth G. Crosby Obamacare is, as conservatives claim, a bad law–but not for the reason they give: government takeover of health care. It is a bad law for precisely the opposite reason: it relies on free-market capitalism to provide access to health care for everyone, which free-market capitalism
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com December 2013 PAST EVENTS Jaltepec Technical School of Hotel and Hospitality presented a dinner for supporters on October 21. Linda Buckmiller coordinated the event. Her assistant is Stacey Hewitt. The evening started with hors d’oeuvres created and served by students. Pictured above, left to right,
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TIMOTHY RUFF—The Man Behind the Smile By Herbert W. Piekow Recently a Guadalajara friend went to a concert at Teatro Degollado where his friend gave a voice recital sponsored by the Secretary of Culture of Jalisco. My friend, Juan Carlos, asked me if I knew the American accompanist with a big smile because the
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