Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez (Note: This past month, in honor of the movie’s 70th anniversary, Warner Bros. Studio and Turner Classic Movies sponsored screenings of Casablanca in several hundred theaters all over the United States. The only other motion pictures to have been honored in such a way are The Wizard of Oz …
Viva los Mariachis By Mildred Boyd When we think of the peoples and cultures of modern Mexico, three things invariably spring to mind, and every one of them had its origin in our adopted state of Jalisco! The Mexican’s favorite pastime of listening to the lively music of mariachis while watching the riding and …
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com What Does the Right Get Right? As you might guess, my personal political beliefs are somewhat left of center. I usually vote Democratic in US elections, and I am more comfortable with traditional left-wing ideas. Nevertheless, I am disturbed by the stark polarization between liberal and conservative …
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Norinne and Dick Nelson have long been one of the best partnerships in Mexico. When you play against them you always know you will have a stiff fight on your hands and if ever you can share the spoils with them you will feel fortunate. This month’s …
Ceramic Frog By Michael Warren Sits in the garden, croaking and croaking, but no one comes: he’s a lonely frog, you can hear him singing his silent song to the green trees and the purple flowers. You say “I hear nothing, he’s a ceramic frog, he holds a pot of azaleas in his wide …
Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Good-byes Are Never Easy This is the time of year when many of us are saying goodbyes to lakeside friends who migrate north to enjoy a warm northern summertime with their other family and friends. Although we’re sad to see them go, this kind of …
How To Cross The Carretera—And Arrive Alive! By Ed Tasca As everyone who has been to Chapala lakeside knows, there is only one major roadway that encircles the fabulous lake. Known affectionately as the carretera, it is the only artery to thread through all the many small villages that surround the lake, and, as …
Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt There’s got to be another way Is anyone else out there sick of the election? The older I get, the elections get worse. It seems to me that the USA has turned politics into the newest blood sport. The only problem is, in this sport, nobody actually ever …
Chicano! By Richard Vasquez Review by Herb Altman Of all the groups of people that have come to the USA, the only group that came overland and not by sea were the Mexican Indians, who were here and had established a culture long before the 1500s, when the first Europeans arrived. Now, when Mexicans …
Child Of The Month By Rich Petersen Juan Diego Pérez Aceves Does it ever seem to you that there is a plethora of too-adorable children here in Mexico? That your heart is attracted to them almost immediately? Here is another one. This is 7-year old Juan Diego Pérez Aceves. Juan Diego is the older …
