Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   “Volunteers are not paid–not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless”.  International Volunteers day since 1985 is held on December 5th.  The Tepehua Centro Comunitario’s April Fools Party honoring the volunteers that have made Tepehua strong held at the Sunrise Restaurant in […]

Clever Sayings And Lessons Learned By Ana Rasgo   Have you heard the saying, “if you assume, you make an… out of… yourself.” If you don’t know the phrase, study my example and you will figure it out. Another saying is, “when I point a finger, three more are pointing back at me.” I love

Ramblings From The Ranch By Peter Hurst   If we could learn from our dogs’ perspective… A dog deserves our love and respect, for they bear no grudge or disrespect. They do not care for color of skin, or what beliefs we hold within. For every language that we convey, our dogs all know the

ACTUAL COMPLAINTS—Received by “Thomas Cook Vacations” Courtesy of Art Hess 1. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.” 2. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   The great thing about duplicate bridge is that it reduces the luck factor in the game. Every hand in match point games can be interesting and challenging as you are striving to score better than the other pairs holding the same cards. A low-level contract such as

Hearts at Work A Column by Jim Tipton What Country is the Happiest?   Every few months I come across still another survey to determine what are the happiest countries in the world. Knowing that one can find happy people in every country in the world, I take these studies with a bucket of salt.

Outsmarting My Smart TV By Judy Dykstra-Brown   My TV is smarter than I am, springing to life on a whim.When my  Jack-of-all-trades comes to work here, I think she is flirting with him.She flicks on and then off in a second, just like she has given a wink,or perhaps registers disapproval by shutting us

Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Politics of Hate   “Hate” is a strong word. Many people would tend to shy away from revealing that they hate someone.  Yet politics, notably in the United States, has become dominated by an emotional animosity, almost tribal in nature. We can easily sit back and scratch our heads

Viva La Vida Loca By Sergio Drumond   Ed. Note: SERGIO DRUMOND is an artist, theologian and writer. Born in Brazil, he worked in Europe and Asia as a book illustrator, cartoonist, painter/animator. He also lived in the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, teaching art as well as helping NGOs with social and relief work. He

TRANSITION—Part Two A short story by Rob Mohr(Continued from last month)   “Carla, what’s going on? When you left yesterday you seem frightened, as if our time together had been too real, too much fun, and too different from what you have experienced in the past.” “Maybe some of that – but I am here