UVA’s PEOPLE By Kathleen Hurd We knock on the metal door of an ordinary village home, part of a row of ordinary family homes in San Juan Cosala. José Chavez welcomes us with a huge smile while a sea of heads peers into the crowded entrance. This family is an UVA family. We crowd […]
UVA’s PEOPLE – January 2010 Read More »
When Insults Had Class…. These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to four letter words, not to mention waving middle fingers. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: ‘Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some
When Insults Had Class…. – January 2010 Read More »
Ask Carolyn By Carolyn Comedo (Ed. Note: Carolyn has recently retired to Lakeside after a successful career counselling couples in the former Russian state of South Adiaphorous. She has graciously volunteered to answer questions from readers who may find themselves stalled by one or more of life’s many predicaments. She and her husband, Leon,
Ask Carolyn – January 2010 Read More »
“UNHOLY” SPIRIT his true false-self enamored, groomed, handsomely shaped; speaking in sweeping statements, heard only inside a closed mind. mirror-faceted presence, devoid of innocence; insuring all shreds of truth spill out, discarded in the misty gloom of emptiness. ever stepping backward, each pace measured in short sure clips, their sound resounding off
“UNHOLY” SPIRIT – January 2010 Read More »
THE STUFF OF DREAMS A Novel by Alejandro Grattan-DominguezWeeb Publishers 241 pages $15.95 USReviewed by Jim Tuck(Review first published in The Guadalajara Reporter) One never ceases to be amazed by the versatility of novelist/film director/screenwriter/magazine editor/cultural commentator Alejandro Grattan. This quality is even more remarkable since a main current running through several of his
THE STUFF OF DREAMS – January 2010 Read More »
WORDPLAY The Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational once again invited readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are the winners: 1. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period of
WORDPLAY – January 2010 Read More »
Flying South By Katie B. Goode (Ed. Note: This is the first of an ongoing series about the adventures of “Mildred and Suzette.” The author is an award-winning script writer and a newcomer to our pages. Welcome, Katie!) Out of respect for their adopted country, and in order to support the local economy, Mildred
Flying South – January 2010 Read More »
RE-GIFTING By Margie Harrell Re-gifting….an interesting word. Unheard of a few years ago but then the whole English language seems to have taken on a life of its own, what with all the new computer lingo out there. That’s not to say that I’m not familiar with the concept but we used to call
RE-GIFTING – January 2010 Read More »
GRABBING THE TIGER BY THE TAIL By Bill Franklin Lenny Bruce said that when your wife comes home and sees you in bed with another woman, deny it. Have the woman get dressed and walk out the door and then deny everything. Because, according to Lenny, eventually your wife will begin to doubt what
GRABBING THE TIGER BY THE TAIL – January 2010 Read More »
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION By Tracy Novinger (Ed. Note: What follows is an excerpt from Ms. Novinger’s excellent book. It was published by the University of Texas Press, sells for $16.95 and can be purchased from amazon.com) Communication between the United States and Mexico will always be difficult but never impossible. The successful U.S. corporation Corning
INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION – January 2010 Read More »
