Mexico’s Third Gender By Herbert W. Piekow The first time I went to the Oaxacan town of Juchitán I observed a group of soccer players with their skirts hiked up, playing hard against a team of men in tight shorts. I watched as the men’s team raced across the field when one of the
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LISTEN UP—THERE’S A NEW SHERIFF IN TOWN El Ojo De Lago wishes to welcome our new police chief, Captain Reynol Contreras Munoz. In a recent interview, Captain Contreras shared his opinion on a number of issues that impact life at Lakeside. Captain Contreras was an Air Traffic Controller in the Mexican Air Force for
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A SOCIAL EXPERIMENT By Mark S. McGrew I am firmly convinced that the single most destructive problem in America is drugs. If people are not using illegal street drugs, they are drugged out from their family doctor. American television is saturated with drug commercials for anything that you can possibly imagine. Sleep too much?
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A RINGING SUCCESS By Jim Rambo Once in a while, judges get too big for their pants. And there’s nobody else but lawyers who can rein them in. It must be done subtly, but assertively. And it must also be accomplished in a manner that borders on contempt but never crosses that border. Cross
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The Continuing Adventures of Mildred and Suzette By Katie B. Goode The Road Warriors “Ay!” Mildred yelped as she eased herself into the wraparound leather chair after returning from the ladies’ room. “What?!” Suzette asked, worried about her old friend. Mildred winced and pointed into the distance. “See that rusty old car down there?”
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From Perito Moreno Glacier to the Chilean Border- Part 2 By Carol L. Bowman A slow, muffled wheeze of labored breaths echoed in the crisp air. Creaky noises rippled through the mass, as if old bones were snapping under pressure. A calamitous thunder exploded, rocking onlookers with its intensity, as jagged pieces of the
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WORLD WATER DAY By Karuna It is a celebration An invitation to live in awakened consciousness We human beings, together with our planet, Form a single interconnected organism We have forgotten this Now is the time to re connect To co-exist harmoniously 0nce again be in partnership with nature Rather than oblivious of our
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MORELIA, PATZCUARO, URUAPAN! By Robert Brittingham Earlier this season we joined 20+ travelers to experience our third trip to Mexico’s beautiful and splendid interior – the state of Michoacán and, initially, the magnificent city of Morelia. Morelia is considered to be the most noble of all Mexican Colonial towns. The architecture has been kept
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Are beautiful people also more intelligent? By Thomas Hally Dr. Satoshi Kanazawa is an evolutionary psychologist at the London School of Economics. He and his colleague, Jody L. Kovar, took on the task of writing a book on about the relationship between beauty and general intelligence entitled: Why Beautiful People are More Intelligent. Many
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A SENIOR’S TRIP TO A DISCOUNT STORE By an Anonymous Contributor Yesterday I was at my local discount buying a large bag of Purina dog chow for my loyal pet, Biscuit, the Wonder Dog and I were in the checkout line when the woman behind me asked if I had a dog. What did
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