June 2025

Victoriano Huerta Mexicans still view Victoriano Huerta as one of their worst villains. Huerta believed only a “strong man” could save Mexico from itself. His hero was Napoleon, and he saw Porfirio Díaz as almost a modern reincarnation of him. He rose quickly in the ranks of Diaz’ army becoming a ruthless general who took […]

Tardy Why are some people always late? These people arrive at meetings, lunches, dinners, and shopping dates harried, and breathless. They have many good excuses: terrible traffic, received a last-minute phone call (why answer it?), overslept, something came up at the office. The excuses are usually similar justifications, on repeat. I must have a military

Even as the Stratford man became popularly identified as Shakespeare some 150 years after his death, many readers knew he was a very unlikely candidate, but if not him, whom? It was popular, and reasonable, to consider people known for their brilliance, like Bacon, or people known for their playwriting, like Marlow. One had to

Is it a recycling depot with a bookstore out back, or a bookstore where you can recycle up front? It depends on whom you ask. On a sunny Saturday morning in April, I took a container of plastic, cardboard, glass and plastic bottles to the recycling depot west of Ajijic where I met two committed

Movies and Icons, a dance show celebrating our favorite movies and movie stars, was held at the Centro Para La Cultura y Las Artes de Ribera, also known as the Auditorium, for three performances on March 14, 15, and 16, 2025. Only now are the dancers and singers of the show recovering, weeks after the

Rain, Rain, RAIN! During the hot arid months of spring, we anxiously await the arrival of the rainy season. We get to the point where we beg for cooler temperatures, and moisture to tamp down the endless dust and refill our evaporating lake. Each summer we feel the temperatures rise higher and higher. People make