ADJUSTING TO MEXICO —Linked with Personality By Dr. M.I. Ehrlich There are people who are able to adjust to life in Mexico and those who find living here a personal nightmare. While there are no clear-cut rules, there is a suggestion that those who are conformable with their extroversion, intuition, feelings and ability to […]
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All The Horses Of Heaven By James Tipton Reviewed by Bill Frayer In his introduction to James Tipton’s volume of poetry, All the Horses of Heaven, Michael McClintock observes that Jim appears to be “the horniest and healthiest man over sixty in the Western world.” Perhaps. For Mexican sensuality and erotic images suffuse Jim’s
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Centro Educativo Jaltepec Graduation Success Centro Educativo Jaltepec Graduation Success Welcome to the New Year here in sunny Lake Chapala, full of promise and drive to make this year one of the best at Jaltepec. 2018 promises to be a year of change at Jaltepec Centro Educativo, as even its name has now changed
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APPOMATTOX—The Last Act of the Age of Chivalry By David Harper Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee Most Americans are aware that the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Court House on April 9, 1865 effectively brought to an end the Civil War. However over the years some facts are
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Perfil: Poemas y Cuentos / Profile: Poems and Stories By Armando García-DávilaBook Review by Clare Gearhart It’s the New Year! Start it with some delicious, satisfying and calorie free literary snacks from Armando García-Dávila, an author who has recently moved to Ajijic. Like a box of See’s chocolates, there is something in it for
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By The River Arno Every morning, onCalle Lungarno in Florence,the townsfolkwould seethe grand poet, Dante,at the foot of theSanta Trinita Bridge.There, connectedthe two sidesof the Arno River.And there, his daily vigil,stood he contentwith no greater patience. Over time, onlookersvexed and puzzled,somewhat a folly,the great poet, a statue.The townspeople would laugh,and look to the sky,in
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
Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt While standing in one of those endless lines at a farmacia in Guadalajara, I entertained myself by watching people. This farmacia is attached to a small laboratory that manufactures a special medication my husband must have. But it is also a neighborhood pharmacy, stocked with basic necessities of
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San Miguel Offers Master Classes for Writers with World-Class Instructors By Susan Page There are no finer, more sought-after writing teachers in the world than the faculty who teach at the annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference in San Miguel de Allende. The Conference has persuaded four of the most acclaimed teachers to stay in
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The Aztec Way Of Poetry By Ron Barnett The Aztecs of Mexico have gained a bad reputation for their practice of mass human sacrifice. The Franciscans who arrived in New Spain around the time of the Spanish Conquest of the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan in 1521 were horrified by what they regarded as an
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