Horse Play By Kay Davis   Horses, I am only just learning, are very playful. I went up the hill to the stables where Galán lives. He’s my big, beautiful appaloosa, a spotted horse. We were going off to the beach for a few days, and I wanted to see my big fella before going. […]

New Year Wisdom By Judy Dykstra-Brown   After going to a New Year’s party for a few hours, I came home to welcome in the New Year online with a friend. I was railing on about the fact that a prompt site for which I wished to download an app only had apps for phones

The Two Sides Of Robert F. Kennedy By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Good Bobby vs. Bad Bobby   President Barack Obama recently appeared in Alaska alongside survival expert Bear Grylls for an episode of the NBC seriesRunning Wild. The two dined on raw salmon, a bear’s leftovers. It is difficult to imagine any occupant of the

LAKESIDE LIVING   Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com   February 2016   VIVA MUSICA PRESENTS  There’s an exciting spring schedule for opera and symphony lovers. THE OPERAS…. Here are the next “Live from the Met” productions at Teatro Diana. Saturday February 6 Turandot by Puccini. This is one of the grand operas in the

Mooky And Music By Day Dobbert   It was oppressively hot that day and dead quiet, but escaping the sun into my cool garden I heard an eerie rustling high up in my guayaba tree, then, lower down, a mad agitation of branches, then an unceremonious thud at my feet. Matted, filthy, and grey with

Letters to the Editor   Dear Sir: I liked John Dallas Hicks’ piece “The Particular Value of Pathfinders” as it resonated with what I have thought about for years, or at least since I became old enough to think for myself. What Hicks calls ‘pathfinders’, I would call mentors. It has intrigued me that if

Education Equals Success   This first article of the New Year 2016 will reflect the success of the December Christmas events hosted at Jaltepec, describe the current status of the newly renovated Jaltepec Conference Centre, and provide dates for future endeavours that encompass the sponsorship Program. The December 2015 annual Christmas dinner and luncheon were

El Indio By Gregorio Lopez y FuentesReview by Herb Altman   El Indío was awarded Mexico’s National Prize for Literature. The author, Lopez y Fuentes, was at the time the editor of a daily newspaper in Mexico City and had already achieved some renown. One of Mexico’s foremost artists, Diego Rivera, illustrated the novel. Opposite

AP/ CAPSTONE—A New Way of Learning By Tania Romero   The American School of Guadalajara has been chosen to pilot a new educational program in Latin America. The College Board in New York and Cambridge University in England has combined to offer a two-year course called AP/Cambridge Capstone at the local school. The class is

“Two Kinds Of Truth” By Fred Mittag   The November Ojocarried a mischievous piece that attacked the Congress of the United States. The real issue is not whether it published some falsehoods, but rather, the motivation. I think it was because the falsities of the piece were based on truth. Several years ago, when I