October 2018

Shattered Illusions* *Now on Amazon/Kindle and in quality soft-back under the title Against All Odds.   A Novel by Alejandro Grattan-DominguezReviewed by Dr. Michael Hogan   A compelling novel that captures the spirit of the 1970’s “Please turn out the light and come to bed,” my wife implored as I savored the final pages of […]

Each Girl Is A Miracle By Harriet Hart     “Each girl is a story, each girl is a miracle,” says Lupita Canepa, the Director of Education for the Centro Educativo Jaltepec, a learning center situated high on a hill overlooking Lake Chapala. “When they arrive,” she continued, “they are shy, timid, awkward girls from

The Birth Of A Rock By John Ward   Since the dawn of time on planet Earth, when rocks were born of cooling magma billions of years ago, or: since about ten thousand years ago, when God thought having stones in his diorama would be good idea, the creation of rocks has always been a

You Can Warm Your Socks in the Oven—But That Don’t Make’um Biscuits By Fernando Garcia   My mom was a genius when it came to finding simple solutions for difficult problems. Raised on a meager farm in Mexico one learned to be resourceful. She used to open the oven door to warm her kitchen on

Mexican Days By Tony CohanReviewed by Harriet Hart   Mexican Days by Tony Cohan is a self-portrait of the artist as an outsider, a spectator on the sidelines of life. He writes poetically about Mexico, his chosen home for over twenty years. Those who have read On Mexican Time know him as the ex-patriot who left

MIXED NUTS: The Gifts of the “Standing People” By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   One of my valued possessions is an old, faded and care-worn denim jacket. It has a history, has served me well as I rode horses, baled hay, roamed the woods with my canine friends, cast flies upon the surfaces of ponds and