Editor’s Page By Victoria Schmidt Trying a different tactic It’s been two years now, and everywhere I go I hear the “C” word. Get your minds out of the gutter! I am talking “COVID” or “CC” “Complaining about COVID.” I, personally have heard about all I care to hear. It is 2022 and they …
The Rise Of The New Know-Nothingism By Lorin Swinehart “DO YOU BELIEVE THAT! DO YOU BELIEVE THAT!” Growled the huge man standing in line behind me in a North Carolina supermarket. He was overflowing with bellicosity and ignorance in response to a young clerk’s reminder that he maintain a six-foot distance between himself and …
A Village Street Party In Mexico By Blue (circa Feb 2000) Last week my good friend Linda Samuels celebrated her sixtieth birthday with a once-in-a lifetime street party near Six Corners in the Village of Ajijic. Linda moved here four years ago after a thirty-four year career with the New York City Board of …
Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Delayed Response I blew the whistle on the Covid reprieve too early. Omicron sprang up and surprised everyone. The governments around the planet seemed short on tests, short on medications, short on hospital beds. They underestimated how many frontline employees would catch the virus and be unable to report …
If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum Your family pet is with you for a brief time. They really are here on earth to teach us about living our best lives. If you think of your pet’s presence as being a ‘spiritual guide’ whose purpose is to enlighten you about life’s lessons and …
Streets of Mexico Antonio López de Santa Anna By David Ellison Antonio López de Santa Anna was Mexico’s first caudillo, or great national leader. He dominated the country’s politics for more than thirty years after the war for independence, a period now known as the Age of Santa Anna. He served as president eleven …
THE DAY I MET A TRIVIAL PURSUIT ANSWER AND LIVED TO TELL THE STORY Dinky, the Singing Dingo of the Outback By Don Beaudreau wbeaudreau@aol.com “G’day mates!” boomed the big and burly, white-bearded man. “Welcome to Stuarts Well Roadhouse, here in the middle of the Australian Outback! My name’s Jim, and me and my …
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Verdant View By Francisco Nava The Language of Plants Over dinner recently at Jardin Plaza Restaurant I noticed the rebirth of the surrounding foliage and knew that my friend Steve was diligently working to resurrect the local greenery. Steve has what I like to call an abrupt manner with plants, as evidenced during his …
Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com Unfortunately, the year has started off in a state of confusion. The new COVID variant and its tendency to spread rapidly is bringing the old rules back along with a stricter compliance to them. Nothing wrong with that as to comply is …
Front Row Center By Michael Warren This Random World by Steven Dietz Directed by M.A. Bruneau This is a recent play by Steven Dietz, a prolific playwright who might be described as the Norm Foster of America. Since 1981 he has written at least 40 plays, which mostly get produced in community or regional theaters. …
