My Eulogy By Neil McKinnon Recently, I attended a Celebration of Life that was held for Chad Lowenbear, a neighbour, who had died tragically in an automobile accident. Many of Chad’s friends and family spoke and all had something laudatory to say about his life and accomplishments. He truly was a wonderful person, beloved […]
Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King Part III Maternal Mortality in Mexico has an Indigenous face. Official statistics demonstrate Indigenous women have three times higher risk than non-Indigenous women of dying because of causes related to maternity. Maternal mortality is higher in Mexico than any other countries with economic indicators. Stated by World Bank
Doors of Ajijic By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarello www.antoniorambles.com antonio.rambles@yahoo.com If eyes are windows to the soul, doors must just as surely express the soul of a home. Doors have special significance in Spanish colonial architecture, which cloisters intimate living spaces in courtyards hidden from the street. It’s easy to pass these doors
LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis Phone: 376 – 108 – 0278 (or 765 – 3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com March 2013 PAST EVENTS February 13 there was a performance of House, a dark and hilariously funny one-man show written by one of Canada’s most accomplished playwrights and film directors, Daniel MacIvor. It was performed
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Bloody Exploitation! By Bill Dean “A men, amen I say unto thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God” (John 3:1-21). If that is true, the Indians should have thanked their lucky stars the Spanish forced them to be baptized
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Letter to the Editor (Ed. Note: With reference to Dr. Crosby’s Letter to the Editor on page 74 of the February issue) Dear Sir: The observations offered by Sir Winston Churchill and Senator Goldwater affirm the high regard that many leaders across the political spectrum, including President Obama, have expressed for President Truman. To suggest
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Gringas & Guacamole By Gail Nott Erin Go Loco Take my word for it; you can’t get there from here; well, not quickly. Go figure; two hours from Guadalajara to Houston, maybe three hours from Houston to Newark, then six hours from Newark to Shannon, Ireland. Then why did it take 25 hours? I
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View From The South Shore By Kerry Watsonkerry.r.watson1@gmail.com Whilst the expatriate community was busy arguing about the shortest and most economical route for a causeway across the Lago de Chapala to connect the north shore to the south, the newly-elected Jalisco government of Aristóteles Sandoval quietly and quickly erected a causeway across the
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Insight Straight By Jim Tuck Pretty Boy Floyd: The “Marcos” of Mexico The line between outlaw and Robin Hood-style populist guerrilla is often difficult to draw. One man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. Yet certain criteria can be defined. Take the case of a man who, though technically outside the law, never preys
The American Dream By Ron Knight rknight@knightmediacom.com Many are awakening from the American Dream, which I can clearly see as I’ve stepped away from it to live as an Expat. The American marketing society always needs something to fear, so it has something to sell to a ravenous appetite. Once it’s over with, that
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