Editor’s PageBy Alejandro GrattanRemembering A Christmas Past—and Ray Rigby For those unfamiliar with Ray’s background, he had served with the British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Later, using his wartime adventures as an anvil, he hammered out a novel called The Hill. His screen-play of the same story starred Sean Connery,
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The Olive Trees Of Tzintzuntzan Gnarled stumps of ancient trees posture throughout the monastic atrium like fat robed friars discussing the care of the recently conquered Purepecha. This is the grove of Spanish monks consigned to a mission an ocean away, who simply wrote home for their favorite food, of which there was none
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FROM MY TROPICAL DECK CHAIR By “Consuelo” Men don’t like me. I know, I know. I shouldn’t say it. Thoughts are things. The Laws of Attraction tell us that what we say goes, but only for the person saying it. So, by openly stating what I have long suspected to be the truth, am
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WHAT, ME WORRY JUST BECAUSE *CEO’s are now playing miniature golf. * Even people who have nothing to do with the Obama Administration aren’t paying their taxes. * HotWheels and Matchbox stocks are trading higher than GM. * Obama met with small businesses to discuss the Stimulus Package: GE, Pfizer and Citigroup. * McDonald’s
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WONDER WOMEN OF TEXAS By Fred Mittag Political fertility bred three magnificent wonder women in Texas. I was saddened by the death of each of them. Ann Richards was the politician who became governor, and a very good one. She said, “Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and
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MEXICAN DAYS By Tony CohanReviewed by Harriet Hart Mexican Days by Tony Cohan is a self-portrait of the artist as an outsider, a spectator on the sidelines of life. He writes poetically about Mexico, his chosen home for over twenty years. Those who have read On Mexican Time know him as the ex-patriot who
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THE FRENCH SOLDIER AND FREEDOM FRIES By Bob Drynan In the late 18th Century and into the 19th, Napoleon conquered almost the entire European Continent. French soldiers fought bravely and heroically. They were well led. Wellington beat them at Waterloo, just barely. The French soldier and his leaders earned Wellington’s everlasting respect. Napoleon III led France
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir: I am very late in responding to the letter printed in your November issue from a Mr. Craig Barnes of Santa Fe, New Mexico. I believe that certain claims and observations in Mr. Barnes’ letter need correcting or at least, in the interest of accuracy, clarified. First: Mr.
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SOUNDS By Peter Rosenberg As I was sitting in my recliner last night, I listened to sounds emanating from throughout the house. They were not coming from the stereo surround sound system or from a CD playing on the intercom but sounded as sweet as any orchestra my wife and I ever heard. A
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ROCK and MOREsponsoring HOPE HOUSE Relive the wonderful days of the 50s, 60s and 70s, listening to songs that defined the Twist, Rock and Roll and disco beats that were our favorites way back when. Remember the big hits of the Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Carpenters, The Supremes, Elvis Presley, the movie Grease
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