Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Forget the Facts, Print the Legend! Alberto Dominguez Back in the Old West, there was a shibboleth lovingly espoused by many frontier newspaper editors which went: If the facts get in the way of a legend, print the legend, anyway! So with that disclaimer, the story goes like this. …
Lament For A Raindrop on an early morning walk a raindrop the size of a palm, in the drizzle of a morning shower, fell into the loving hands of mi esposa, and was carried home to become part of our hearts delight here in the village cats and dogs own the streets, the …
Abraham Lincoln And Mexico By Dr. Michael Hogan (www.drmichaelhogan.com)Reviewed by Mark Sconce Abraham Lincoln Benito Juárez At the drop of a hat, most lifetime readers can tell you which books were most important to them, the ones that changed their previously held view, altered their attitude, explained and sorted out the meaning of it …
The Game That Never Ends A Novel by David HarperReviewed by Mel Goldberg I have never played cricket nor have I played rugby, but author David Adamson Harper blends both with heavy doses of love and sex in his latest book, The Game That Never Ends. The story begins in San Francisco in …
Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Magical Montserrat What to do with one day yet in Barcelona before the cruise weighs anchor? There’s plenty of ground yet unturned in the city, but there’s also an intriguing day-trip site of a completely other flavor that begs to be on a Barcelona short list. The Monastery of Montserrat …
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Have you heard the rumor that is circulating among American-based bridge players these days? Apparently, with the inauguration of the new President of the United States, only suit contracts will be permitted; No-Trump bids will be illegal! Be that as it may, I could have saved myself …
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Fuzzy Facts? “There’s no such thing, unfortunately, anymore, of facts.” Really? This is what Trump surrogate Scottie Nell Hughes declared recently on The Dine Rehm Show on NPR. I think I know what she was getting at. Facts are often spun and viewed differently depending on one’s point …
Child Of The Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic Director Milagros Paulina V.V. Milagros was born at 6 ½ months with underdeveloped lungs and was in Intensive Care for 3 months. She was born in August 2012 and the family came to us in May 2015. Her family called her Milagros which means miracle …
The World Is Too Much With Us By Judy Dykstra- Brown “People here are funny. They work so hard at living they forget how to live.” Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) How was life when we didn’t know everything? Back when there was no TV and when news got shared once a …
SPIRITS OF THE FOREST: Owls and Other Creatures of the Night Dr. Lorin Swinehart As was frequently my habit, I had hiked solo deep into the forest late in the afternoon, kindled a crackling campfire, grilled a small rib eye and set a pot of lapsangsouchong tea to boil. With the coming of …
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