THE POTTER’S DOG By Robert Taylor A few months past in early May At a potter’s roadside place, I stopped by his pots of clay My visit there I now re-trace. I found that day in Jocotepec A dog no less – to my suprise The very image of my dear pet With golden …
Havoc In Motion By Jay White There’s a highway bridge over the Dry Devil’s River on the outskirts of Sonora, Texas, where I and my cousin Butch used to hide out to smoke cigarettes. One day after school, we ducked under the bridge and came upon a vagabond Mexican so filthy we thought at …
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir: What a wonderful web site! (www.chapala.com) Thanks so much for cramming so much creativity and color and interest and pleasure into just one glorious website — I’ve enjoyed poring over all the twists and turns of what your wonderful community offers. I had heard of Ajijic many years ago …
‘TIS THE SEASON By Margie Harrell “It’s raining and it’s wonderful” began the call from my amiga in Ajijic as I sat in triple digit heat in the Nevada desert. Immediately a flood of memories came rushing back to me of the many rainy seasons I had spent on the shores of beautiful Lake …
Beware Of Boomers! By An Anonymous Contributor Despite the widespread availability of Twinkies, life expectancy in the United States has been climbing and shows no sign of a decline. The 20th century saw the greatest gain in life expectancy in all of human history, an increase of 30 years. Americans today can expect to …
NEITHER DUNCE NOR TYRANT By Prof. Amos C. Miller: Among British monarchs none has been judged more unfairly than George III. The novelist William Thackerey pronounced him “a dullard brought up by narrow-minded people,” but added “the cleverest tutors could have done little to expand that small intellect.” Even George’s acknowledged domestic virtues became …
THE SECRET OF GUACAMOLE By Margaret Van Every It’s simple, the guaca from the middle of aguacate, Spanish for avocado, and mole, which to Aztecs conjures sauce. Choose avocados (Haas are best) just yielding to the pressure of the thumb. Then fetch fire: jalapenos or serranos, the most that you can bear, seeds and …
DEATH AND BIRTH OF A MAN From Rob Mohr Exploited/expendable/unwanted he sits in the open door head down arms on his knees spread to hold the weight/ mind sifting through old dreams angst and hopes/ as the day grows hot surrounding him with the only embrace he will/ ever know. Blasting/raucous/pitch-less sounds spill out …
JUST BITCHING By M.A. Porter Not to embarrass you too much, but entering full-blown menopause during the hot season in Ajijic is a cruel fate. My New England grandmother would be horrified that I even mentioned my condition, and no less than in print, but there it is, Granny. Deal. Salt water is oozing …
TAKING THRIFTINESS TOO FAR! Courtesy of Federico A Scottish Soldier in full dress uniform marches into a chemist’s shop. Very carefully he opens his sporran and pulls out a neatly folded cotton bandana, unfolds it to reveal a smaller silk square handkerchief, which he also unfolds to reveal a condom. The condom has a …
