THE SECRET OF GUACAMOLE By Margaret Van Every It’s simple, the guaca from the middle of aguacate, Spanish for avocado, and mole, which to Aztecs conjures sauce. Choose avocados (Haas are best) just yielding to the pressure of the thumb. Then fetch fire: jalapenos or serranos, the most that you can bear, seeds and
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DEATH AND BIRTH OF A MAN From Rob Mohr Exploited/expendable/unwanted he sits in the open door head down arms on his knees spread to hold the weight/ mind sifting through old dreams angst and hopes/ as the day grows hot surrounding him with the only embrace he will/ ever know. Blasting/raucous/pitch-less sounds spill out
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JUST BITCHING By M.A. Porter Not to embarrass you too much, but entering full-blown menopause during the hot season in Ajijic is a cruel fate. My New England grandmother would be horrified that I even mentioned my condition, and no less than in print, but there it is, Granny. Deal. Salt water is oozing
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TAKING THRIFTINESS TOO FAR! Courtesy of Federico A Scottish Soldier in full dress uniform marches into a chemist’s shop. Very carefully he opens his sporran and pulls out a neatly folded cotton bandana, unfolds it to reveal a smaller silk square handkerchief, which he also unfolds to reveal a condom. The condom has a
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Ajijic By Mark Sconce Smart friends will think you’re rather chic When you retire to Ajijic. They’ll know that’s “where the water runs” ‘Neath temperate skies and gentle suns. May even know Chapala Lake Invites retirement for its sake; Where anytime you might request a Margarita and siesta. Soft zephyrs blowing off the
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MY FRIEND URSULA—The Jew From Shanghai By Herbert W. Piekow In March of 1939 my friend Ursula Blomberg was just eleven years old when she lost her innocence at the rough, stubby fingers of a Nazi matron who ordered Ursula to undress in a small, cold room on the Austrian side of the Brenner
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Have Walker, Will Travel By Mildred Boyd Although Cuenca is the third largest city in Ecuador, getting there is not easy. When Lizz, Judy, walker and I essayed the trip, it took two days. There were layovers in Mexico City and Panama City before we finally reached Quito, too late to catch the last
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Hearts at Work —A Column by Jim Tipton “When the Rapture comes, can I have your car?” Several decades ago I read a short poem by James Wright titled, “I Am a Sioux Brave, He Said in Minneapolis.” The poem is contained in the first stanza. He is just plain drunk. He knows no
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A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Food Combining and Digestive Health “A good set of bowels is as important as a good set of brains” —Dr. Aubrey Katz, pediatric gastroenterology, Harvard According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, digestive system symptoms are responsible for an estimated 35.9 million
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CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Abraham Emiliano Ramírez Rivera While this column has been on hiatus for a couple of months, Niños Incapacitados continues its work and fundraising activities to help reimburse low-income families for medical expenses incurred for their children with life-threatening, chronic diseases. Without our help—and yours—many of these families
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