By Tommy Clarkson from the November 2010 Edition The hands had been dealt. All but one of the eight players stayed in the hand after the down cards had been dealt and initial bets made. The flop hit the board. I peered at my “Pocket Queens” – one of clubs the other of spades. Maintaining […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the November 2010 Edition (Continued from the last issue, the following is the sixth installment of a slightly embellished and bit fictionalized account of an almost real event!)!) . . . you know the sort, it may be a brother-in- law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully […]
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By Jim Evans from the November 2010 Edition Recently on a typically bright sunny Mexican morning, the kind that crackles with expectation; I was driving my Nissan Pathfinder on the second leg of a journey from Manzanillo to visit an old friend in West Texas. Having enjoyed a leisurely breakfast in the company of fellow […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Aqui la eternidad empieza y es polvo aqui la mundanal grandeza. (Here the eternity begins and the worldly grandeur is dust.) – Sign over a cemetery entrance in Ohaxaca City. boy!! An opportunity to learn about the culture and celebrations of my new home! From delighted to […]
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By Terry Sovil from the November 2010 Edition Jose María Morelos y Pavón has a recognizable face. You’ll see him every time you hold a 50 peso note. He was born September 30, 1765 in Valladolid, Michoacán; a mestizo (mix of Spanish and Aztec Indian blood) and in a lower class of the Spanish colonial […]
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