Mexican Daze By Iris R. Slocombe Off to the Mexican Jungle: Part 2Arriving & settling in at Yaxoquintala.   We were told we would leave the Mexico City hotel, Quetzalcoatl, affectionately called the ‘Kettle’, next morning, and travel south by bus to Tuxtla Gutierrez in Chiapas. On arriving at Tuxtla we all made a ‘bee—line’

Sea Love By Mel Goldberg   As an ex-pat retired teacher vacationing near the ocean in Barra de Navidad, I enjoyed walking on the shore under a full moon. The calm water had a silvery sheen and I liked being alone. On rare occasions, dead seals washed up on the shore, so I was not

Fore! By Peter E. Gibbons   If, like me, the older one gets the sharper the memory! I don’t mean current stuff like five minutes ago, but 70 odd years back?  Quite recently I have got into the habit of watching golf Sunday afternoons on beautiful P.G.A. courses in the U.S. This precedes “60 Minutes”

The Gift Of The Pause By Susa Silvermarie   Today my sister spoke of getting up from her kitchen lunch counter after eating part of a meal, pausing the eating process to put her attention on something else. She shared how, upon returning to her plate, it was easy to have clear awareness of further

What Kind of World Do We Want? And How Do We Get There? By Lois Schroff Addressing this issue, Naomi Klein offered advice in her most recent book: No is Not Enough. As a start, she advocated forming discussion groups to find ways to work in unison toward creating a better and fairer society. Although