Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Emotional Intelligence   For many years, I chaired the Humanities Department at a community college in Maine. It was often a thankless job which required me to locate and hire qualified 30-40 adjunct faculty each semester to teach most of the courses in our department. These were faculty hired […]

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarellowww.antoniorambles.comantonio.rambles@yahoo.com Guadalajara’s Santa Teresita bazaar   What happens when the village street bazaar goes urban?  In Guadalajara the answer is ‘the Santa Teresita street market’… a tianguis. There’s certainly no lack of ‘big box’ grocers in Guadalajara, and permanent market bazaars like the city’s Mercado Libertad serve up a

Doña Angelina—“The Healer” By Gloria Marthai   Comely and tranquil with the fresh blush of a mountain apple, forty-five-year-old Doña Angelina, curandera  (healer), wears a monk-like frock with a heavy twisted cord belt. Her lustrous braids hang to her waist. With luminous, smiling eyes she greets each new arrival. There is no sign, no cross,

Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum   All of us who have pets have been to a Vet on occasion. Here’s some hints how to make the most of that visit. Reminder: have your cat in a crate; dogs in a crate or on a leash, and keep them near you. Remember that sick animals may

Child Of The Month By Barb Corol     This beautiful little girl is Maria Jose, diagnosed shortly after birth with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a broad term used to describe a group of chronic “palsies” – disorders that impair control of movement due to damage to the developing brain. CP usually develops by

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Translations: A Chinese Puzzle   Internationally respected translator and my dear friend, James  Falen,  writes of translation:  “It is a devilishly and tricky business, this game in a house of mirrors, this effort to catch and reflect  elusive reflections.” He should know having spent eight years translating Pushkin’s  Eugene Onegin. 

PROFILING TEPEHUA By Moonyeen Kingmoonie1935@yahoo.com   In the following, printed in the Habitat International Coalition, June 2013: “World Charter on the Rights to the City.” Neilson Saule, Jnr. stated, “According to United Nations statistics, the degree of urbanization has now surpassed the 50% mark. In 2005, the population living in cities was already 3.2 billion,

The Slow Death Of Bradley Manning By Jim Muir   Now that Bradley Manning has been sentenced to the slow death of spending up to 35 years in prison, the United States Government has finally made it official that its actions in promoting, supporting and actively participating in the Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal was an

Gringas & Guacamole By Gail Nott Tennis, Anyone?   It was becoming increasingly apparent that tennis was the new “in thing” among the residents living around Lake Chapala. The ladies at lunch raved about the new instructor´s patience and skill. He wasn’t hard on the eyes, with or without glasses on. Being as health conscious

Letter’s to the Editor     TO: Richard Tingen, Publisher Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez, Editor-in-Chief David Tingen, Associate Publisher   On behalf of Los Niños de Chapala y Ajijic (NCA), may I thank you for including us in your Writers’ Recognition Luncheon.  It was a gracious gesture, and I thoroughly enjoyed time with your lively and entertaining