Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton I want you to faint. Well, the holidays are upon us, and mistletoe (with all of those easy but reserved kisses) still hangs in the memories of most Americans and Canadians here at Lakeside, not to mention those New Year’s Eve parties that not so long […]
An Anjana In Ajijic! By Aurora Terrenus An anjana is a type of witch in Hispanic folklore who takes on the disguise of a horrid old woman to test the charity of human beings. But in her true form, an anjana is a very beautiful young woman who lives underground and has many palaces
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The Lady(?) Who Came To Lunch By Kate Karns I had lived in Mexico for twenty years or so and when someone asked, “Do you like it here?” It’s hard not to answer sarcastically. You’re tempted to say, “Would I live here this long if I didn’t?” But that sounds unfriendly. I took my
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Puns For The Educated 1. The roundest knight at King Arthur’s round table was Sir Cumference. He acquired his size from too much pi. 2. I thought I saw an eye doctor on an Alaskan island, but it turned out to be an optical Aleutian . 3. She was only a whiskey maker, but
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The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag “Karl Marx: Father of Socialism” Karl Marx rates as the most influential scholar in all history. But Americans have so demonized him that his name is mostly used as an insult. At least academic economists can appreciate him. I had an economics professor who talked about one
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) WINNERS! Fran Brown Hi Neil, Thanks for the chuckles. In retrospect, I’ve decided not to enter neither an anti nor a pro-pissing contest, due to, an aging bladder urgently heading towards malfunction. Bugs are really out to lunch. However; skydiving has
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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
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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
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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
