The Life of Santiago By Zofia Barisas It was a Tuesday late afternoon. I was watching the Conferencia de Prensa Sobre COVID 19 with Dr. Lopez Gatell and Dr. Alomia. Suddenly I heard a long scream from outside, followed by a deep silence and then the sound of many voices. I went to look […]
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Ida’s Ghost By Tom Nussbaum It was late at night just before Halloween. 1968. Maybe ‘69. Several of us were crammed into a small, third-floor bedroom in our college fraternity house talking. The conversation meandered, appropriately, to scary events in our lives. Power outages. Near-miss car accidents. Unexplained phenomena. Ghost stories. “My aunt,” Jack
Fascinating Tales of Mexican Street Names Ignacio Allende By David Ellison What if? If only…. Captain Ignacio Allende is the forgotten hero of the Mexican War for Independence. Born to a wealthy Criollo (American-born Spanish) family, he quickly distinguished himself as a courageous military officer in the army of New Spain. Even so, he
Astrolynx By Juan Sacelli November Report The heavy retrograde (review) energies of early October lie behind us; now the wheels of fate begin to grind inexorably forward. November opens with a Scorpio New Moon (Nov 4 4:14 pm CDT) directly opposite retrograde Uranus. Scorpio’s intensity confronts the ‘earth changes’ we are going through. Whether
The Automat By Patricia Hemingway On a narrow side street in downtown Manhattan, the lights are still on in Malik’s Automat Café. The surrounding offices are dark and their elevators sit at ground level, empty and quiet. The security guard who lounges behind a desk in the cavernous lobby next door to Malik’s, whose
The Wake By Gabrielle Blair No fancy funeral home with polished floors and polished knobs, and undertakers in undertones, and soft-spoken mourners in subdued lighting – where money speaks. Theirs is outdoors – the street is closed. Plastic chairs in rows on cobbles – familiar faces – the village folk of Six Corners face
Yachting In Manzanillo By Margie Keane One thing I have learned while living in Mexico is that to enjoy it to the fullest one must be open to new experiences, get to know the people, learn something of their culture and keep your sense of humor. This story is about a new experience and
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Editor’s Page By Victoria A. Schmidt Insurance Miseries They sit there glaring at me from their pile in my inbox. It seems no matter how hard I try they won’t go away. Insurance claims. At a time in my life when I should be healing and mourning my husband’s passing, they consume my time
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THE POLIO WARD University of Michigan 1957 PART TWO By Janice Kimball The incessant pushing of air into the lungs of helpless children, then sucking it back out, in mechanical death-defying beats. ‘Phew-Whooh, Phew-Whooh’ continued through the days and the nights when I was thirteen years old and laying on my back, feet strapped
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The Day We Met George By Linda Steele February 12 of 2021, a record-breaking winter storm hit the Texas Hill Country in Central Texas. The folks living in this part of the country were not equipped for such a cold and long-lasting storm. Wind generators froze, livestock and wildlife succumbed to the cold. Once
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