Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Things that crawl While contemplating our move to Mexico, there was one thing that gave both my husband and I pause. It wasn’t the “violence,” or learning the language… it was things that crawl. OK, grin if you will, but we’re from Minnesota. Land of 10,000 Lakes, and […]
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CHILD of the month By Barb Corol Diego Antonio Jimenez Barragan It’s difficult to imagine that this handsome little boy’s life was almost over before it began. Born November 8, 2005, Diego would be diagnosed with Myelomeningocele. His loving parents, mom Silvia Barragan Garcia and dad Cristino Jimenez Cortez,
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) In keeping with my pledge to seek out famous poems that treat of love and death, I offer up this month Dante Alighieri, Italy’s greatest poet, still read diligently nearly seven centuries after his passing. Maria Paola of Ajijic, recalls how students wanting to attend
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum If you look up the word: commitment, several words immediately come up: promise, pledge, dedication, loyalty, faithfulness, etc. Taking a cat or dog into your household to become a family member is a commitment. It should not be an impulsive decision, but a thought-out plan, considering factoring of future
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Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Geiger Animal Analogies It is funny how many times we compare ourselves or others to animals, so just for fun here are some. Don’t count your chickens before they hatch. If you lie down with dogs, you’ll wake up with fleas. What’s good for the goose is good
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC What Was Your Name Again? Who among us hasn’t ever walked to the kitchen only to forget what we went there for? It’s normal to forget things and usually we simply laugh it off. As we age, however, fear of Alzheimer’s can make forgetfulness and memory
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The Difficulty of Prediction In my thirty plus years at Central Maine community College, one of my favorite courses to teach was “Technology and Society.” We would read several novels and many articles dealing with the effects, both intended and unintended, of technology on society at large. Some
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Of Faith And Fables By Bob Haynes bzhaynes@gmail.com It’s A Dog Thing It was a poignant moment in my bucket list journey. The trip (part one) culminated in Bentonville, Arkansas where we stayed with my adopted brother and sister Don and Wylene Cohagan. One of the “items” in my agenda was to complete all
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Over the past 5 years herself and myself have delighted in spending 6 months of the year in Mexico but we also very much enjoy the other half of the year we spend back in Canada. There is such a contrast in all facets of living in
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MAXIMILIAN—Emperor of Mexico By Herbert W. Piekow In December of 1857, a coup led to the Mexican Congress being dissolved on January 19th of 1858. Benito Juarez, as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, proclaimed himself President of Mexico though he lacked a cabinet, and popular support. Mexico was in the midst of a
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