Articles 2012

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Lifeguard Your Vision—Naturally!     Cataract surgery and various treatments for macular degeneration and glaucoma are topics of concern in a senior community. Age-related Macular Degeneration is a disease of the retina and is the leading cause of legal blindness for those 65 years and […]

AN INSPRING TRUE STORY Courtesy of Nancy Hagen   An interesting fact that many are unaware of is the historic events that surrounded a Jewish chaplain on Iwo Jima, where, of 70,000 American Marines, 1,500 were Jewish. Rabbi Roland B. Gittelsohn, assigned to the Fifth Marine Division, was the first Jewish chaplain the Marine Corps

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “On Loving-Kindness” Ayya Khema, born to Jewish parents in Germany, as a teenager fled in 1938 to Scotland with two-hundred other children to escape the impending Nazi nightmare. Two years later she joined her parents in Shanghai (where her father died in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp). After

Twas the Night Before Christmas, MEXICAN STYLE! By An Anonymous Contributor     Twas the night before Christmas and all through the casa,Not a creature was stirring. Caramba! Que pasa?Los niños were tucked away en su cama,Some in long underwear, some en pijama. They hung up their stockings con mucho cuidadoIn hopes that old Santa

MANGO BEAUTY—R.I.P. By M.A. Porter   How can I tell you all that I am so very sorry? Two days ago, I tried to tell you how I felt, but it all came out as rationalizing. “Your fruit has been wormy for 15 years because no one tended you, and now they’ve burrowed into your

My Most Embarrassing Moment By Cameron Peters   Even a first year associate at a fancy law firm gets a long weekend off once in a while. At last here was my chance to be IN the OUTdoors rather than IN my office longing for the OUTdoors. I was young. I was fit. I was

Chocolate Lovers and/or Chocoholics of the World, Unite! By Iris Slocombe   Isn’t it time for you to stop sneaking candy bars in a closet or  bathroom? Join your peers and become a founding member of COTWU. Read our manifesto and suggested guidelines for best personal reward. Chocolate is good for you, like most things,

THE OLDER MAN—Ten Years On By Michael Cook(Continued from last month)    Well, the Ferrari’s gone and now it’s just me and a failing memory. Names of film stars and authors keep me awake, as I go through the alphabet trying to recall. It’s a lot more difficult than counting sheep. And when I wake

CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen María Isabel Tolentino Peralta   This bright-eyed little girl is three and a half-year-old María Isabel Tolentino Peralta. María Isabel lives in San Juan Cosalá with her parents and three siblings, one sister and two brothers. She is the youngest of the four children. Mom, María Guadalupe, is

Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: The (unattributed) article on page 38 of your December edition of your fine magazine (“Congressional Reform”) is little more than a lightly edited version of one or more misleading and largely erroneous e-mails that have been circulation for nearly a decade.   That you chose to print this without even