One Step Ahead By Jack Prins and Pia AitkinReviewed by John Stokdjik While introducing Zwartboek at the 7th Annual Ajijic Jewish Film Festival in January, local resident Jack Prins mentioned his book One Step Ahead – A child’s story of daring and bravery during the Holocaust. This memoir will be of interest to the […]
Todos Somos Migrantes (We Are All Immigrants) By Kelly Hayes-Raitt I expected to be in tears; instead I was in awe. For years, I’ve written about refugees’ struggles, pains, and losses, so I thought I knew what to expect when I visited FM4 Paso Libre, a shelter in Guadalajara for Central American refugees seeking
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Tails Of Mexico By Jackie Kellum Tails of Mexico is a new name, but not a new organization. This group of ex-pats, with the original name of Operacion Compacion and Companions initially had a singular focus. It was to provide spay and neuter clinics for cats and dogs of families who lived in the
Highlights from Jaltepec Centro Educativo Submitted by Carole & Terry Baker Christmas at Jaltepec Reserve your table for the Christmas event prepared and served by the students with Musical Director Timothy G. Ruff Welch and a “Taste” of Los Cantantes del Lago. Tuesday November 28th Luncheon Wednesday November 29th Candlelight Dinner Please contact Linda
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Color and Light Speak – Xill Fessenden, Fine Art Photographer “A photographer’s work is formed by the way she looks at life and the world around her.” —Annie Leibovitz (Main photographer for Vanity Fair magazine) The rich texture of Xill Fessenden’s life, her actions to improve the quality
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The Wild Flower By Armando Garcia It doesn’t grow in greenhouses, nurseries, or tended gardens, and survives on but a single season of rain. Borne of hardship it is tempered and thrives where the less hardy wither away. The wildflower seed migrates riding the wind, the wind that recognizes no borders. When in foul
Willow, Weep Not For Me By Kathy Koches Whispers in the wind serenaded me as I sat and watched the branches swirl and undulate in Nature’s dance. I breathed in peace and tranquility as I sat enjoying just being in the moment. For the last two weeks of my recovery from knee surgery up
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Old Sayings Still True Today * Illegal aliens have always been a problem. Ask any American Indian. (Robert Orben)* You’ve always made a mistake of being yourself. (Eugene Ionesco)* Water and words – Simple to pour, but impossible to recover once poured.* People are only influenced in the direction they want to go.* I have
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Work Week By Judy Dykstra-Brown Monday The day’s become unravelled. The night’s begun to fall, yet I’ve not accomplished anything. I’ve done nothing at all except cooking a curry and writing several drafts of poems still uncompleted–they’re bobbing here like rafts afloat upon my consciousness but have nowhere to go. The words all came so quickly, but their
The Kings Of Kallstadt — My Village, Ketchup And The Prince Of New York By Karl Holman This is the title and subtitle of a 2014 German film by Simone Wendel, which was classified as comedy. Where the hell his Kallstadt and who on earth are its “kings?” I visited the village last June
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