Front Row Center By Michael Warren The Drowsy Chaperone Directed by Dave McIntosh Choreographed by Barbara Clippinger Musical Director Judy Hendrick The Drowsy Chaperone began as a spoof of old musicals created in 1997 by Don McKellar, Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison for the stag party in Toronto of Bob Martin and Janet Van […]
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What Memory? By Sunny Glessner Isn’t everyone challenged somehow today? My challenge is my memory. I can remember my name but maybe not yours. Seriously. And I do mean seriously. We all know about using lists. Well, I’ve done that for years including my bucket list, but now I forget to take the list
Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: I would like to extend my compliments for your publication which is of higher quality than any similar publication I have ever seen. Your covers are magnificent and your articles are very readable. I do have a serious reservation. The bulk of your readers are American and Canadian
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Boris Pasternak (1890-1960) Those who managed to tear their eyes away from Julie Christie long enough to pay attention to character development probably noticed that Zhivago was not only a doctor but a poet, too. And let’s not forget that when Pasternak won the Nobel Prize for
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The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “Seductress of Minds and Bodies” Ayn Rand’s sex life was consistent with her political philosophy. She sought only selfish gratification. She called her inner circle the “Collective,” an odd name. She was from Russia and preached rugged individualism, perhaps in reaction to the Communist Revolution – but
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess artthedogguy@yahoo.com Getting the dog’s attention. Teach him his name. Shep is a German Shepherd puppy of only 10 ½ weeks and we start his lessons with learning his name. We have made him aware that we have a treat which we will use first as a
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Editor’s PageGuest Editorial by Kay Davis Canada and the USA What are the differences between Canada and the US? Politics aside, there is history and there is climate. It took a long and bloody war for America to win independence. However, Britain goaded the colonists, and Americans were willing, almost eager, to fight. Not
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The Rainy Season By Chuck Pattinian This past summer we returned to Mexico during the rainy season and I can tell you it is somewhat over rated. My wife and I usually miss the rainy season because we return to the states each summer but continually hear from our friends that it is the
Don Ysidro By Bruce Holland Rogers On that last morning, anyone who came to visit me could see that I was dying. I knew it myself. As if I had cotton in my ears, I heard the voice of Don Leandro saying to my wife, “Doña Susana, I think it is time to fetch
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com What Are You Waiting For? Living in Mexico, we get good at waiting. Well…some people do. Those of us who love Mexico have undoubtedly adapted to the lifestyle here. And that includes getting used to a different sense of timeliness. As people here say, mañana does not
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