We Must Not Forget Our Past Courtesy of Phyliss Ewing   (The following is an e-mail sent to me from a retired military ex-pat now living in Arizona. With his permission I am sharing it with you. PE) He wrote, “At this time, it is very important to remember a whole new meaning to what […]

Reclaimed Treasures By Judy Dykstra-Brown   My grandmother used to come home from her wanderings with her pockets full of little treasures she had found along the way. Cracker Jack prizes, stray rubber jacks balls, lost skate keys, jar lids, rubber heels from boots. These findings were carefully sealed away in old canning jars—preserved as

Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Izel and her sister Kayra joined Niños Incapacitados back in 2011. Mom had just received distressing news that her husband was leaving her. She told him she was expecting another child but that did nothing to change his mind. Mom named her new daughter Izel as she said

The Trunk Murder Mystery By Robert James Taylor Hudson River Railroad Terminal  August 27th 1871.   A porter was about to finish his shift, after loading the luggage bound for the evening train to Chicago when he became aware of a putrid stench that seemed to emanate from a heavy trunk that had been delivered

On Becoming a Karaoke Singer By John Comando   I stood in front of the computer screen with a microphone in my hand. It was Tuesday night – karaoke night – at Mama’s Bar. The hour was late, I had had a few too many glasses of wine, and the place was almost empty. Some

Why Did The Chickens Cross The Road? By Liz Moulder “Speaking of Spanish,” I told my neighbor as we strolled to a restaurant, “here’s what happened to a friend of mine who just moved to Ajijic. She bought a gorgeous house near the plaza with a swimming pool nestled into the back patio, made a

A Sneaky Twitch Of An Itch By John Thomas DoddsBook Review by Clare Gearhart Here’s a real grandparent’s delight for the Holiday Season! It’s hard to read all the way through this book without feeling the urge to scratch or rub some spot that wasn’t tingling a moment ago!  Sneakily, the Twitch of an Itch,

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt The Streets of Mexico   Everyone knows how much I love Mexico. After living in Mexico for a while now, I have to confess to having developed a few pet peeves.  Mostly about the streets in Mexico that are as bad as some of the driving I’ve seen. First,

IT’S THE HOLIDAY SEASON—Time to go over once again just what is Yin and what is Yang By Bill Franklin Santa of course is yang but if he were a saint, that would be very yin of him. Saints tend to be filled with yin though it’s just a pinch beyond our reach here to

Para Siempre (Always) By Hildegard Hintz   “May I have this dance?” Mitzi looked up from her plate. Apprehensive about going to the Pequeno Paraiso Restaurant on DoWop boogie night, she had decided that, after the death of her husband of forty years, having a meal by herself was the act of an emancipated woman.