LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mr. Grattan-Domínguez, I am a retired Mexican ambassador, now residing in Guadalajara (Zapopan, to be exact). Today, I read the latest edition of that wonderful publication, “Ojo del Lago” I was thrilled to read an article by Rosamaría Casas, a wonderful lady whom I met back in the early […]
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Mr. Grattan-Domínguez, I am a retired Mexican ambassador, now residing in Guadalajara (Zapopan, to be exact). Today, I read the latest edition of that wonderful publication, “Ojo del Lago” I was thrilled to read an article by Rosamaría Casas, a wonderful lady whom I met back in the early
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COWBOYS HEROES OF YESTERYEAR By Dr. Lorin Swinehart I was heartened recently to learn that Disney has released a new Lone Ranger movie. Back in the forties and fifties, every boy knew that a cowboy’s best friend was his horse. We knew the names of all the cowboys and all their horses. There was
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CELEBRATING DEATH Mexican Style By Samantha Ray One of the popular songs of the Mexican Revolution of 1910 -1921 is “Valentina.” This woman is visited by her lover, who comes in great danger to see her. His last words upon leaving her are: “If I must be killed tomorrow, let them kill me once
The Old Mexican Man By Mary Morgan I approached Real de Catorce from the north, through a tunnel dug over 9000 feet above sea level, its silver mines now silent. Young boys waited eagerly at the other end, competing to lead me through the maze of ancient ribbon-wide streets to “El Centro,” what remained
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OBAMACARE IS A BAD LAW By Kenneth G. Crosby Obamacare is, as conservatives claim, a bad law–but not for the reason they give: government takeover of health care. It is a bad law for precisely the opposite reason: it relies on free-market capitalism to provide access to health care for everyone, which free-market capitalism
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com December 2013 PAST EVENTS Jaltepec Technical School of Hotel and Hospitality presented a dinner for supporters on October 21. Linda Buckmiller coordinated the event. Her assistant is Stacey Hewitt. The evening started with hors d’oeuvres created and served by students. Pictured above, left to right,
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TIMOTHY RUFF—The Man Behind the Smile By Herbert W. Piekow Recently a Guadalajara friend went to a concert at Teatro Degollado where his friend gave a voice recital sponsored by the Secretary of Culture of Jalisco. My friend, Juan Carlos, asked me if I knew the American accompanist with a big smile because the
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PARACHO—The Guitar Capital of Mexico By Ralph F. Graves Few will argue that Mexico would be quite the same without its guitars: Mariachis with their lively ranchero renderings, strolling folk singers ready to burst into song at the drop of a few pesos, even local Romeos serenading their favorite senoritas-all rely on the guitar
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Plane Travel At Christmas By Ed Tasca Many of you are about to send yourself off again into a torment like none ever noted in Dante. You’ll soon be getting on another plane, which is currently nothing more than a macro-variation of the common sausage. As I recall from past trips, I could have
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