Jaltepec Changed Her Life Forever By Sally and Mike Myers Alicia Rameño Chavez is living proof that attending Jaltepec Centro Educativo, an all-girl hotel and hospitality management technical university, located in the mountains above the village of El Chante, can change lives, not just for the students but also for their families and generations […]
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Teatime With Mother By Bonnie L. Phillips I can’t remember how I got here. Or how long I’ve sat in my mother’s favorite chair. But here I am, sitting on the clear plastic furniture protector with the purple peony upholstery safely guarded from spilled milk and the dog’s muddy footprints. I am twelve years
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Tepehua Centro Comunitario By Cameron Peters “Helping a Village to Help Itself” There’s magic in the smile of a Mexican child. Multiple that by a hundred happy, well-fed smiling faces and you have a milagro (miracle)! That’s the Tepehua Centro Communitario. And that’s what I saw when I visited the Centro on a
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In The Land Of The Houyhnhnms By Mel Goldberg After Leona visited a farm as a child of eight, she decided she wanted to be a horse when she grew up. Each time they visited the farm, she went to the meadow and spoke to the horses. They were friendly and nuzzled her
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Turns Out, I Love My Kindle By Carol A. Curtis Although I love most technologies and adopt them quickly, I couldn’t imagine myself letting go of a “real book”. Going to a bookstore and wandering for an hour…finally deciding on a few, new books…taking them home and appreciating their addition to my coffee table…and
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Poetry Magazine (1912–2012) Centennial Birthday What with print edition magazines falling like autumn leaves (Newsweek is just the latest), it’s a minor miracle that one bright green leaf will never fall to earth for the foreseeable future. PoetryMagazine is that miracle, the oldest monthly devoted to
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Stay Healthy! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. Internal Medicine & Geriatric Specialist Mdjmcordova1204@yahoo.com Medicine For The Aging Things To Know And Remember The older we get, the more “Medicine” becomes an important part of our daily lives. In some cases, It`s a matter of Life or Death. Why then do so many
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) WHY I WILL NEVER FLY THROUGH THE US AGAIN Patrick Neary Wow. Thanks for including all the details, which make it clear you don’t have a clue that you deserved the treatment you received. Please carry through with your promise to
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The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “José Enrique de la Peña” The 200 defenders of the Alamo, highly romanticized, including a film by John Wayne, also comprised a dozen Mexican nationals called Tejanos. They wanted to restore the liberal Mexican 1824 Constitution. Texas did not declare independence until the defenders were already
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New Team Supports Lake Chapala Society’s Student Aid Program (SAP) By Blue J. Gibson and Maricruz Ibarra team up to continue the good work of LCS’ Student Aid Program. When Coralie White retired from managing the LCS Student Aid Program after 19 years, a new dynamic duo stepped in to fill her shoes.
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