LETTER TO THE EDITOR   Dear Sir:  The pope went to Portugal and prayed for priests not to “fall short of their sublime vocation or succumb to the temptations of the evil one.” Some observations: 1. If the vocation is “sublime,” it shouldn’t need prayer to save it from sin. 2. I suppose the pope […]

JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLDPart 5 By Carol L. BowmanPhoto by Ernie Sower Climbing Cape Horn   The ship’s blast sounded as we entered the channel surrounding Hornos Island at dawn. At last night’s briefing, the lead naturalist spelled out the sobering facts. “We never know if we can make a safe landing

The Continuing Adventures of Mildred and Suzette… By Katie B. Goode The Reluctant Cougar   Suzette sighed as Eduardo walked away from their table, the heat melding his once crisp shirt to his taut muscles. “Did you ever think about dating a younger man?” Mildred asked, trying to remember if her husband, George, ever had

MY KID COULD HAVE PAINTED THAT!(Or Understanding Abstract Art) By Mary Roam   Acolorful and outspoken artist has come back, and more of her startlingly vibrant abstract paintings are likely to be seen around the area. Many already hang in homes here. Julie Elizabeth Mignard says she feels more at home here than in the

A PILLOW STUFFED WITH DIAMONDS By Margaret Van EveryLibrophilia 2010  150 pesosReview by Karen McConnaughey   Jim Tipton says in his introduction to Margaret Van Every’s delightful book of poems, “Those of us who love poetry have something else to celebrate this year… Margaret’s…collection of tanka, A Pillow Stuffed with Diamonds, [is] a remarkable collection

THE DANGER THAT IS RELIGION By John de Waal “The scriptures are infallible. They are the word of God!”   Because of their inflexible belief, religions cannot admit to even the possibility of being in error, though most are based on the limited wisdom of two thousand some years ago. The books are written in

So The Tea Party Is Mad, Eh? Courtesy of Bernie Conroy   We are told by the Tea-Party that they are “mad and can’t take it anymore” and that the rest of us should be too! Folks, we had eight years of Bush and Cheney, but NOW they are getting mad?! They didn’t get mad when

Not all Chest Pain is Cardiac Pain By Mary Molinari, RN   Dorothy panicked, certain she had had a heart attack. A week later, after numerous cardiac tests, she was told her heart was fine. So what happened? Dorothy is one of the 25% of the population who experience chest pain, in some form, during

Peter Morse Moir aka “Pedro Loco”            The Raw Data Born: Sometime in September 1945, somewhere near Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Graduate: Dalhousie Law School Home Town: Vancouver, B.C. Marriage: First wife, Patricia. Second wife, Patricia II. Children: One. Grandchildren: Two. Nickname: Ripped Years in Mexico: Eight Religion: Spiritualist. Favorite Food: Huevos

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt The rains, they will come   The rain birds are singing! It is first sign that the long dry season is about to end. We watch the sky and wonder how soon the rains will come to relieve us from the heat and the dust. There have been thunder