June 2018

Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Remembering my “Jewish” Mexican Mother   Often when I hear Jewish friends reminiscing about the funny foibles of their dearly-departed mothers, I squelch an inclination to boast that my own mother was perhaps the most unusual “Jewish” mother ever—mainly because she wasn’t Jewish, at all. (*See Note) My mother was

“A” Is For Awesome By Kenneth Salzmann The Alphabet of Longing and Other PoemsBy James TiptonEdited by Margaret Van Every2018 Librophilia$250 MX   It becomes clear within the first poetic lines of James Tipton’s newly released collection, The Alphabet of Longing and Other Poems, that the reader is about to embark on a remarkable journey,

Dear Portia Advice to the Lovelorn, the Drastically Distracted and the Deeply Disgruntled   Dear Portia, I am twelve years old. I am shocked. Playboy Magazine says it’s dropping the nudes. I can get to grips with it no longer. Can you help?  A . Portnoy (please excuse the shaky typing ) Dear   Mr. Portnoy,

Me And My DNA… By Bill Barnes   Dear Mr. Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA): My name is Billy Swails Barnes (Bill) I was born in 1943. It pleased my mother and grandfather that I appeared to be a healthy, normal baby boy (my father was in Italy fighting the Nazis and would not meet me until

BELIEFS – Self Evolvement Series By Anna Elena BerlinCertified Professional Coach, Experience of Life Researcher.   For most of my life I believed that “I”, the conscious part of my mind that I identify as me, was the only one in control of my actions and every part of my life. I discovered that not

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   With so many people posturing about the water situation around the world, here at Lake Side people are stepping up to the challenge. The side effect of polluted wells are many, but the major one is kidney failure in the young and middle aged.

The Jaltepec Spring Newsletter Submitted by Terry and Carole Baker   2018 will be a year of change for Jaltepec with many future challenges! The school buildings are being demolished and rebuilt starting April 2018. The Mexico City and Guadalajara Foundation Groups are raising money for this project as the buildings are 50 yrs. old

JOHN HENRY NEWMAN—And His Contribution to World Literature By Rosario Athié and Dixie Santana   John Henry Newman is recognized as one of the most important religious figures of 19th Century England. He is also well-known as an important literary figure. He is one of the classic writers in the English language, and his works

Insight Straight By Jim Tuck “A Bleeding-Heart Liberal” Looks at Jane Fonda   Though the Vietnam War has been over for several decades, one of its burning issues was dramatically revived in a recent book titled Aid and Comfort. The authors, Henry and Erica Holzer, argue that Jane Fonda should have been tried for treason