ELIANA HERRERIAS—The Animals’ Advocate By Gustavo Larios Velasco*(*President of the Mexican Association for Animal Rights/AMEDEA.* Spokesman for META/Mexico for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Representative of the Humane Society International.)   Q: Eliana, what links do you find between your educational and professional profile and the rights of non-humans? A: As a Social Educator, I’m […]

Mexican Perros I Have Known By Margie Harrell   Friends still ask what it was about Mexico that I enjoyed so much while living there. If I think they are really interested, I tell them about the Mexican perros (dogs to you gringos) that are everywhere. To me they are one of the delights of

Cowpuccino By Katina Pontikes   “Have you ever had a Cowpuccino?” asked my friend Ceci while I was down in Mexico. Ceci is from Mexico and I thought this was just another of her charming expressions twisted around in translation.  “You mean a cappuccino?” “No. A Cowpuccino. Right from the cow.” Ceci went on to

Life Goes Full Circle By Carol Curtis   Life goes full circle.  We’ve all heard that sentiment, but as I head toward the automatic, lifting-lounger phase of my life, I know it’s just not true. Life isn’t a circle; it’s more like one of the old-fashioned paddles with the ball attached by elastic.  We start

FDR—Great Wartime Leader By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “A Day That Will Live in Infamy…”   The legacy of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the 20th century’s preeminent US president, endures. He successfully led the US through the Great Depression and, along with Winston Churchill, the world through history’s bloodiest conflict. He realigned domestic politics, redefined the role

Marshland   Did discovery come by slow degrees one small thing upon another Or was it thrust into your unbelieving face? Did realization napalm your soul? Tear the skin from your dreams blow up your heart? Did you scream lost inside the pain? or were your eyes wide with fear fixed open staring stunned into

Letter’s to the Editor     Dear Sir: I read the rebuttal to your article on Edgar Cayce. Mr. Kenneth Crosby’s suggestion that things outside the jurisdiction of scientific verification are quackery and deception, is rather dogmatic. I too am sceptical with regard to claims of psychic abilities, but for quite different reasons.  My own skepticism is

  Glosa For Time     Strange planet and strange people on it  They yield to time but they don’t want to recognize time  They have their ways of expressing resistance  They make pictures such as this  Wislawa Szymborska  “People on the Bridge”  The past is a foreign country  you pour over old photographs  wonder

Non-Sequiturs, Anyone? By Bob Tennison   Claire and David were ecstatic when she gave birth to identical twin boys; they had difficulty telling them apart until she had a small leather band made for Tommy Gene’s wrist. When Claire’s father died, the boys were old enough to travel. They flew to Boulder, Colorado for his

Gringas & Guacamole By Gail Nott The Path Traveled Only Once   It was becoming increasingly difficult to concentrate and steer the SUV; the weight of the sleeping two year old was causing my arms to go numb. In the passenger seat, the old Mexican grandmother, shrouded in a black shawl, was muttering the Rosary.