Apartheid, Cricket & Dolly By David Harper Basil D’Oliveira died today in England. He was 80 or maybe 83; his real age was always a mystery. I saw him play in Kidderminster in 1964 and I followed his career with interest. “Dolly,” as he was known, was a professional cricketer. He became famous as […]
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To Love for a Thousand Years/El amor que dura mil años Ediciones del Lago (2011) Poems by James Tipton; translations by Flor Aguilera García Reviewed by Margaret Van Every Available at Diane Pearl Colecciones, Galería Sol Mexicano, and Coffee & Bagels $10 US/100 pesos Just when you thought you knew Jim Tipton through his
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Keeping Up With The Jones’ By Tod Jonson People in Southern Alabama have an idea that they are just ‘down-home-sorta-folks’ who enjoy everything and that you are going to enjoy it with them. The Jones family of three brothers wanted to go hunting and take me along. Little did they know that I am
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LAKESIDE LIVING Shelley Edson Phone: 376 – 765 – 4049 Email: Shelley.el.ojo@gmail.com FEBRUARY 2012 Past Events On a warm and sunny New Year’s Day, twenty two people waded into the placid waters of Lake Chapala at the Chapala Malecón. Why? These adventurous folks were there to raise funds for the Cruz Roja. Once in
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Steps By Nora Thea Life is full of steps. When we are babies we must take our first step in order to walk later. We learn that in order to become adults we must take small steps. First we are in grade school, then junior high and high school and finally we go to
The Lone Ranger By Mark Schwimmer We knew very little about each others’ innards. I didn’t know what I required of him and was too young to ask even if I had. Anyway, it just wasn’t done. Parents and their children revolved in separate orbits. Interactions between the two camps were created by a
Letter to the Editor “Dear Sir: I was gratified to find my poem “Tenacatita Bay” included in the January issue under the byline of that talented and prolific writer Anon. He/she has written so many and so varied poems, limericks and epitaphs that I am flattered to be mentioned in his/her body of work.
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EINSTEIN’S EYES Einstein could see the fundamental meaning when others could only see numbers. He could see when the logic did not fit. His unseen sense knew what lay beneath. Sometimes I look at a garden or the sun shining on asphalt or into a child’s deep eyes And wish I, like
Literacy In Ancient Mexico By Ronald Barnett Literacy is often considered one of the distinguishing features of any civilization. In ancient of Mexico the codices, or painted hieroglyphic books, of the Maya, Aztecs and Mixtecs illustrate graphically the development from oral or spoken tradition to written or literally expression. Most native records were destroyed
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TALES FROM THE TRAIL: Top Ten Election Movies By Kelly Hayes-Raitt A recovering politician, I’m inspired by recent “top ten movie lists” to compile my own top ten list of great campaign movies. Chosen for their authenticity in describing tales from the trail are these films, in no particular order: 1. The Candidate stars
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