When Insults Had Class! These glorious insults are from an era when cleverness with words was still valued, before a great portion of the English language got boiled down to four letter words, not to mention waving middle fingers. A member of Parliament to Disraeli: ‘Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some […]
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The Mexican Smile Buenos dias! Buenas tardes! Like an opening in the forest, A clearing filtering light, A window to beyond, Invitation to pause, A moment of connection, The passing traveler’s smile surprises with its intimacy, Offer of friendliness, a gift, That in the giving, recognizes and affirms A moment of “I – Thou”.
Ballykelly By Seamus O’Hagan When I was a boy of some nine or ten years, I had the good fortune to reside in a small Irish village called Ballykelly. It was a hamlet of three hundred people and included two churches, a primary school, and a small shop that mostly sold three-day old newspapers
Hola to Ajijic! By Scott Richards The last plane my wife and I are planning on flying for a very long time, finally landed in Guadalajara from Istanbul three weeks ago delivering us to this enchanting pueblo of Ajijic. Two years, thirty-six flights and almost 100,000 air miles, we find ourselves home. A couple
Her Ashes In My Hands By Susa Silvermarie I stand here in the roar of the sea and the cold blow of autumn with her ashes in my hands. Her ashes, hers, in a carved box. How can she be in a box. I stand here on the bluff at dusk, under a sky
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GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Advertising I am fearful that U.S. television programming may have resulted in the death of a few million of my brain cells. This conclusion is based on the fact that I am now watching and listening to commercials, and I don’t understand them. We have all spent hours
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A Brick And A Stick By Dennis A. Crump I was having brunch with a couple of very close friends, Susie and Anita, from our old days growing up in Ajijic in the late 1950’s & early 60’s. The other two friends are an interesting Dutch lady, Johanna, wintering here from Colona, B.C. and
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A Misunderstanding By Mel Goldberg When I started working the graveyard shift, my wife JoAnn thought it would be better if we slept in separate rooms. I went to bed about seven when she was watching TV. I went to work at eleven after she was in bed, and returned home nine o’clock in
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Greeters Of The Dawn By Julie Elizabeth Mignard Moonless night on the high plains was never deeply dark. In the black sky the universe shines from all the vast and far flung stars. In the east, before the glow of dawn appears, the Hummingbird Star is rising. Ten thousand men and women are silently
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ART HESS—the Dog Guy A Profile by Kay Davis Do you want a dog that jumps up on people? Do you want your hand bitten if you reach for the food dish? Some dog owners bear bruises or scars on their arms from well-intentioned animals. Other owners may have been pulled down the street
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