GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Training Techniques   Years of counseling couples and breeding and exhibiting show dogs has led me to the conclusion that one can utilize identical training procedures to insure appropriate behaviors by husbands and puppies. First and foremost, do not yell, scream or wave your arms. Both hubby and puppy […]

The Magic of Translation By Michael Warren   Every poem is a translation. Impressions become thoughts and thoughts become ideas; an event sinks into the poet’s consciousness and a mysterious alchemy begins to occur. Once this is understood, it becomes possible to approach the task of translation with a proper humility. The magical process has

The Spanish System of Surnames By Jose Casas y Sanchez   Since time immemorial in Spain, the Catholic church and the civil government (since the middle of the 19th century) have been using the same system for registering and ordering the surnames of individuals. Itsuse was extended to the New World, starting in the Colonial

Change Of Life in Mexico By Bernie Suttle   The stagnant traffic eased onto the Chapala Highway and we were swept into a whirlpool of cars, trucks busses, cycles, and even pushcarts. Just as our 11-year-old Sebring was coming up to speed and moving into the center southbound lane, it shuddered, moaned and died. Good

There’s Something About the Dalai Lama… By Julie D’Costa   There’s something about the Dalai Lama that gets me thinking. There’s something about him that is different from most ordinary mortals.   These days he is everywhere – in Vancouver, at a huge fundraiser for children of the world in Eastern Canada, and even on CNN

AS I SEE IT By Henri Loridans Let’s Get Graphic, Gory and Ghoulish   On Christmas Day 2009 a terrorist aboard an airplane landing in the USA attempted to set off explosives he had stuffed in his crotch. He succeeded in burning himself, but did no damage to the plane or to the other passengers.

A Ticket to the Grand Show By Neil McKinnon   When I was young my mother encouraged me to, “Eat up your dinner because millions of people are starving in Asia.” I never questioned the underlying premise and just accepted that stuffing the last morsel of stewed kidney down my throat helped alleviate suffering around

FRONT ROW CENTER By Michael Warren The Boy FriendBy Sandy WilsonDirected by Allen McGill   This is a piece of fluff, to be enjoyed by cast and audience alike. Written in the bleak post-war fifties, The Boy Friend recalls and at the same time parodies a more carefree era when the girls were flirty and