May 2020

Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Only Nine Little Words   Note: Given the current threat from some quarters in the US of A to curtail the freedom of the press and the right of free speech, the following true story is instructional. In 1734, in a small town outside New York City, the editor of […]

Eternal Strangers By Herbert W. Piekow   More than an oasis, Central Park is also a refuge and I welcomed it’s calmness and the change of atmosphere that late spring day as I entered on West 59th Street. I needed time to pause my hectic life. Although work was my sole excessive habit or vice.

Ramblings From The Ranch   At the time of this writing (early April), things are mostly closed down due to COVID-19. It’s our fervent hope that we may be “back to normal” by the time you are reading this. Either way, it is (and will continue to be) a hard time in the dog rescue

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   Card reading is the art of deducing how the opponents’ cards are divided. Each bid made and each card played by the defenders tell a story. The trick is to read the story, interpret it correctly and then apply the proper prescription to take advantage of the

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Pandemic   Never before in my life has there been so many so confused about so many dimensions regarding a single issue. There is nowhere to hide from Covid-19. It’s on every TV station, every news broadcast, every newspaper, every social media site, and website. And the information is

Mirror To The Universe By Rob Mohr A Spiritual Life   Most of us are pragmatic, rational beings who spend our time dealing with daily challenges. Yet, many meld their everyday existence with a spiritual life. The following essay explores how this integration occurs. “The sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light

LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525   “Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.” Stevie Ray Vaughan. And here we sit. Your intrepid reporter has lost track of how many days and weeks we have been under quarantine here Lakeside. I love to

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   A few columns ago, it was stated we slipped into 2020 without the sky falling.  The sky fell. The dreams we had for 2020 drastically changed by circumstances beyond our control. But we found it wasn’t beyond our control entirely, with a Nation’s effort

Last Flight Out By Christy Wiseman   “Bullshit” my son said when I called and told him the U.S. State Department had sent a note which said if we Americans wanted to go back to the states, to go IMMEDIATELY or to understand that we would need to stay in Mexico for an indeterminate amount of time.  I had already

Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes REPORT NO. 1 From the Isolation Zone We came to this ranch for a few days, three weeks ago. Our host is a recent widow, and she said she appreciated us keeping her company during our social isolation in the time of the COVID19 pandemic. None of us knew