November 2013

Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez The Little Lady Who Made Publishing History   It started with a phone call from a middle-aged attorney in Atlanta to a top editor with the Macmillan Publishing Company in New York City. The caller had heard that the editor was planning to tour the South in search of interesting […]

Acclaimed Jazz Band To Perform By Mel Goldgerg   Jazz! Its fans are passionate about it, and many others are drawn to what is different and exciting about this music. Don’t miss the thrilling performances of an internationally acclaimed jazz band coming to the Auditorio in Ajijic for two concerts on January 11 at 7:30

DEAR PORTIA Advice to the Lovelorn the Overfed and the Deeply Disgruntled   Dear Portia: Financial advice is probably not your forte, but I am turning to you as a last resort. Since moving here in 1987, I have gone through tens of thousands of my late husband’s hard-earned dollars, chasing one investment dream after another.

Veterans’ Day By Bob Drynan   Korean War Memorial, Washington D.C.   A patrol moves silently through the perimeter. The darkness shrouds their movement and the cascading rain muffles their progress. It’s a large patrol, a dozen men, led by a sergeant who has been in the line for eight months. Occasionally lightning in the

Native Gifts By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Thanksgiving Comes but Once a Year—Credit Where Credit is Due   Thanksgiving should be a time to remember Native Americans for the cornucopia of foods and medicines that we take for granted in our daily lives. We have all been regaled with the story of the “Indians” teaching the

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Local HeroOriginal Screenplay by Bill ForsythAdapted for the stage and Directed by Neal Checkoway   Local Herowas a cult movie, starring Burt Lancaster, written and created by Bill Forsyth in 1983. It is a quirky and whimsical movie in which a big Houston oil company intends to buy an

Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com What’s Wrong with the United States?   Don’t get me wrong. I love my country of birth. I am proud of all the wonderful things the United States has accomplished. I am proud that so many people around the world have traditionally looked at the US as a land

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarellowww.antoniorambles.comantonio.rambles@yahoo.com Redeeming Works   Santa Cruz de la Soledad is less than 4 kilometers east of Chapala, but by many measures it’s separated from Chapala by light years. It sits back from the coastline, connected to a string of even more remote villages by a road that seems to

Shadow Love By Rob MohrReviewed by Herbert W. Piekow   Shadow Love by Lakeside writer Rob Mohr is just as the book cover says, “Poems of Life and Love.” Although this is Mohr´s first book of poetry, these are not his first published poems. Mohr, with a MFA, has had an interesting and full life

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess Going Training? Check your TARP   One of the more difficult things for trainers to grasp and master is TIMING. When we give a directive the student needs to be told that he has done what we expect. Because the dog doesn’t understand English we can’t explain