The Ring By Jeremy Monroe On Karen’s dresser rests a small silver bowl, a trophy won by her grandmother for first place in a golf tournament at a north shore Chicago country club back in 1934. It is engraved with her grandmother’s name, the club’s name, and “First Place – Fall Tournament – 1934.” […]
FROM THE MIDWEST TO MEXICO: The Unlikely Journey of an Undaunted Mom By Daria Hiltondaria_hilton@hotmail.com Sipping cold Dos Equis cervezas in the shade of the threadbare umbrella that rests a tad cockeyed in the center hole of the glass patio table, no one would suspect that my neighbor Marianne began her almost thirty-year relationship
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Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Tales From the Funeral Parlor Death! Oh, the finality of it. Or so one thinks, while they are wallowing in the numbness of grief and tears. However, death brings with it the responsibility of discarding the human vessel in which our souls reside. Burial in a plot, storage
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Prom Night By Gail Nott Recently, I was accused by one of our ex-pat matriarchs of “throwing my breasts on the shoulders of a married man to sexually entice him.” I was very flattered by this false accusation; I had never considered it possible to throw my chest anywhere. But this incident triggered memories
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Remembering the “World’s Greatest Athlete” His was a life right out of the Great American Success Story, but with more than a half-dozen unique twists, the first being that he came from a race that has been called “the first Americans.” Born and raised near the Sac and Fox
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THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO—Re-Examined By Shep Lenchek(From the Ojo Archives) The high priests of the Aztecs were frantic. Their tribe had lived comfortably in what we now call the Valley of Mexico since 1325 and built a capital, Tenochtitlan, in Lake Texcoco. Because their myth of creation told that the sun had been
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The School For Special Children Presents The Chapala Talent Show The Board for The School for Special Children in Jocotopec has been working diligently to raise much needed funds. Our organization, which owns the school, provides 100 special needs students a bus to take them to and from school, a hot meal, school supplies,
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Centro Educativo Jaltepec Transformando mujeres para la vida Transforming Women for Life Our Annual Open House for the local community who are interested in learning more about Centro Educativo Jaltepec, the Tecnico Universitario en Hoteleria y Hospitalidad, (Technical University for Hotel and Hospitality) will take place on Monday, February 17th starting at 11:00 AM. Young
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson When I was preparing to write this month’s column, Herself reminded me that I hadn’t featured one of her well-played hands lately, so this is an opportunity to redeem myself. Among the things that make bridge so challenging is the wide variety of ways that are used
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The Legacy Of Jane Austen By Robert James Taylor Regarded as one of the greatest English authors of all time whose novels have been adapted for movies and TV no less than 40 times, and yet Jane Austen died in obscurity – 1817. She was the supreme social satirist who possessed a sharp tongue,
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