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Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “This is the only moment that one can live….”   Last month in this column I wrote about the indefatigable Peace Pilgrim, Mildred Lisette Norman, who in her forties began what would become 26 years of walking across the United States, crossing it seven times, walking well

THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION—Possibly the most important ever in the history of the USA! By John de Waal, MBA.   Compromise is dead in Washington! The Republicans have produced a divided government, complete gridlock and widen ideological gaps on financial stabilization and economic recovery, on deficits and debt, on climate change and on health-care reform. 

The Iguana Speaks My Name By Roberto Moulun Reviewed by Bob Drynan     Roberto Moulun’s collection of short stories weaves a tapestry as brilliantly colorful as the tejidos hawked in the streets and shops of Chichicastenango, Antigua and Guatemala City. Panimache, a hidden village in the mountains overlooking Lake Atitlan in Guatemala could be a

The Third Ethnic Root of the “La Raza Mexicana” By Rick Rhoda     Some Mexican Mestizos refer to themselves as “La Raza” literally “the race.”  “Dia de la Raza” is celebrated on Columbus Day (October 12) as the day indigenous Mexicans started their resistance against the European invasion.   The term “La Raza” derives from

LAKESIDE LIVING Tod Jonson   todoflcs3@yahoo.com Barbara Clippinger clippy1020@gmail.com September 2012 SEPTEMBER is one of the shorter months of the year, only 30 days, but  it contains four vividly memorable dates in history:   LABOR DAY WEEKEND, MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE DAY (9/16),…. AND no one will ever forget 9/11 and the TWIN TOWERS (another day of infamy), and last, but not least for those of us old enough

The Children’s Art Program   Since 1954 when it was started by Neill James, The Children’s Art Program has engaged thousands of Mexican children in exploration of their creative talents. The Program has produced many well-known local artists and helped to position Ajijic as an art colony. The mural honors the Program and the three

Insight Straight By Jim Tuck The Greatest Short Story Ever Written     With due respect to Poe, Maupassant, O. Henry and other masters of the art, my nominee for outstanding short story writer of all time is Somerset Maugham. For one thing, Maugham had the advantage of longevity, living longer than Poe and Maupassant

  The Color Of My Life By Carol Bradley “What do you do?” she asked while we slathered warm croissants with fresh preserves in the golden, morning sun. I told her about the city, my job, my days.   She was an artist, a florist, a traveller; nothing of real value in the steel, grey

Dream Hackers By Rob Krakoff Review by Harriet Hart   Rob Krakoff’s latest book is a futuristic novel that begins in 2099 when disenfranchised youth are waging a cyber war against their elders who own 83% of the planet’s wealth. Elders, equipped with computational innovations to keep them alive, live in comfortable charter cities while

Letters to the Editor   Dear Sir: I would like to thank you for having the courage to print the article, “They Shoot Horses, Don’t They,” by Vern & Lori Geiger and Eliana Herrerias. The article was eye-opening, while the photo was heartbreaking. Like millions of others, I was already sickened by the basics of bullfighting –that