Magnificent Mexico By Mildred Boyd The Men In White Paintings and statues from pre-Columbian times show that the female of the species had to take a back seat when it came to personal adornment. Kings and nobles bedecked themselves in gold, silver and jade in the form of pectorals, armlets, lip plugs and ear […]
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The Burro, The Llama & The Pony By Kay Davis It was a hot afternoon at the circus, upper 90s, no rain relief in sight. Barney, the burro, was nibbling dry grass. Close by stood Patty, the Shetland pony, and at the far end, Larry the llama chewed his cud. Then a wagon arrived with
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The Presentation A Short Story by Rob Mohr I was at peace, focused on the majesty of mixed hardwoods that surrounded me, when a young woman, more doe that human, jumped a log and came to a breathless stop beside where I stood. Her face unleashed the force of the wind of the past
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OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2017 THE 23ND OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON Special Thanks to Mark Sconce and Olga Kaplounenko for providing the outstanding entertainment, and also to Roberto Ortiz for his supurb musical stylings. The latest luncheon which drew well over one hundred people was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez The Greatest Novel Ever Written Hemingway thought Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn was one of the best novels ever written; others have thought it was Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, or Melville’s Moby Dick, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Jane Austen’s
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The Theft Of History By Kelly Hayes-Raitt Few places in the world have endured the carnage that Palmyra, Syria, has during its 5,000-year history. The ancient city’s towering gate and 375-columned colonnade have withstood massacres, marauders, an earthquake and centuries of sandstorms. Now the ruins of this former caravan trading hub are funding history’s
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Senescent Choices By John Thomas Dodds Life it seems is what I wake up with. All of a sudden it is today. Sure, I have a few aches and pains. Daily, my body expands and flattens, my feet grow wider as I shrink. Not going gently into the night bits and pieces fall apart,
Road Trip Bread Crumbs By Teri Saya I often wonder what it would have been like to be a teenager or young adult here in Jalisco. How would the following story compare to a group of Mexican Jovenes? Here is a fictional story based on some of the fun and care-free road trips I
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Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Mariana Belen was born December 24, 2004 and lives with her parents and two siblings. She was referred to Niños Incapacitados by DID Jocotopec and accepted into the program in March 2017. In December 2016, Mariana was experiencing excruciating pains and rushed to the hospital. After undergoing an
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