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Exploring the Serpent Within
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
If I can ignore the reality of a six-foot long snake in the bedroom, how can I trust any of my mind's activity?
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A Tale of Two Seders
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
If you were an omniscient being, wouldn't you want to be surprised?
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Slow Times in San Miguel
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
...what a pleasure it is to continue out onto an almost empty Ancha, compared with the traffic snarled there continually for the first three months of the year.
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Nothing's Easy
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
The person making the post may feel more virtuous, but it helps neither the children nor the environment.
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Don't Call It a Parade
by Joseph Toone
...thus irritating other lantern carriers and really pissing off the municipal personnel in charge of crowd control.
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Weighing the Odds in San Miguel
by Audax Minor II
At about the time the new façade of the Parroquia was finished... the Jardin took on more or less the appearance we now know.
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Oldish: Hairstyles Over 60
by Pam Walters
This is supposed to show the world that you're still a woman to be reckoned with. That you're hip, fun-loving, wacky.
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Letters From Home
by Dr David, Editor / Publisher
Neither of you know how desperate, brutal and lonely the wilderness is.
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Up and Out in San Miguel
by Dr David, Editor / Publisher
The canapés were delicious. The champagne flowed non-stop for hours.
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Danger on the Road to San Miguel
by Pat Hall
...a male figure dressed in a black uniform jumped out into the road in front of us, holding up his hand and waving us down..
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The Madness and Art of Plastic
by Glen Rogers
...the artist is a transformer in a world of hype-technology and plastic disasters. Exhibit Opening Thursday March 7
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Candelaria: pictorial
by Sofie Engström von Alten
Friendly men with wheelbarrows will provide deluxe transportation for your foliage.
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Wife and Husband Coproducing
by Wendy Bichel
I have come to believe that women should interview their prospective boyfriend’s mothers.
Bikers in Camelot, Producer's Blog
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Painting Transformations
by Robyn Child Cole
Very early on the morning of September 1, 1984, two months before my 30th birthday, I walked out of jail.
Fabrica La Aurora Art Walk, February 2
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Casting About for a Cast
by Wendy Bichel
They know they have each other’s backs, and that confidence is allowing all of them to take risks...
Bikers in Camelot, Producer's Blog
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december / diciembre 2018
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Suffering For Her Art
Duke Miller
...a crowd of local peasants, led by the Bucharest police, stormed Titus's home with hounds, torches, and pitchforks.
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The Grand Tradition of Radio Theater
by Fredric Dannen
Welles fretted over the getting exactly the right sound for a scene in which a stake is driven through the heart of a vampire.
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There's Magic Here
by Matheu DeSilva
...to bring her music to people the old-fashioned way, with vibrant, intimate live performances.
Award-winning, Concert, Friday, December 21
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november / noviembre 2018
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Reasonably Honest Dave
Dr David Editor / Publisher
...the truth can be a slippery fish... being right often doesn't count for much.
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The Healing of Paloma
by Gray Wolf
The healer is only invoking and holding the presence of Spirit so that Spirit may act.
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How We Love a Good Story
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
...that professor wouldn't have been more surprised, if you had thrown a bag of shit at him...
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Zapotec Diamond & Star Symbols Live On
by Barbara Erickson
Jacobo also weaves dream visions, very difficult free form patterns that have their roots in Zapotec mythology.
Exhibition / Sale Oaxacan Master Weaver
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september / septiembre 2018
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Coup D'etat on the Farm
by Oscar Plazola
They wanted to keep the farm for themselves... where they were... those who dictated the laws and applied the rules.
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Golpe de estado en la granja
por Oscar Plazola
...la libertad se lleva en el espíritu y en el pensamiento, y ahí no es posible poner cadenas ni candados.
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Presumption
The Best of the Civl List
...it's obnoxious for adults to dictate to other adults how they should or shouldn't express themselves.
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A Norwegian Stalker
by Joseph Toone
...she often feels at a loss being so far away from the city in which her son adored living...
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A Sketchy Life, Rhoda Draws
I encourage my students to avoid precision and accuracy, but to embrace the accidental, approximate and “close enough” mindset.
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The People Elected Hope
by Michael Dorfman
...AMLO now represents hope for the millions of Mexicans that have been brushed aside for so many decades.
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The Cat Plays a Serious Game
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
And if he wants to relish his prize in peace, away from the interference of neighboring cats... he deserves as much...
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Murals, Murals Everywhere
by Joseph Toone
...artists express themselves through public art, particularly along the creek’s bank across from the high school.
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Clouds and Kabbalah
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher
What I felt so strongly a short while ago now is wholly passed, like the pain of a stubbed toe...
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It Is An Honor to be Your Friend
by Joseph Toone
Through Lupita’s efforts I’ve been able to be front and center in events, processions and fiestas no foreigner is a part of.
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Timmy Land, San Miguel's Edward James
by Joseph Toone
With mosaic floors, warped staircases and colorful architecture connecting the buildings by curvy pathways, the buildings appear to be toddler playhouses.
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Barbies in Holy Week
by Joseph Toone
...the Last Supper must have been a buffet, as Jesus is surprisingly heavy.
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San Miguel Burns
by Duke Miller
The hotel room begins to fill with blue and orange flames.
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Faust of Xichu: the Devil's Bargain
by Duke Miller
...all of us have a yearning to perform magic acts on our bodies, particularly our faces when they begin to turn downward.
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Our Country Cousins Living It Up
by Joseph Toone
As always, I bring the head witch my homemade cookies; only an idiot doesn’t show respect for what they don’t totally understand.
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Don't Disrespect Guadalupe
by Joseph Toone
A minimal amount of common sense dictates you wouldn’t use a church, of all venues, to publicly humiliate her image.
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The Nine Lives of Lady Zen
by Fredric Dannen
Lady Zen teamed up with jazz instrumentals to pioneer a new art form – lyric-fusion poetry – an amalgam of poetry, spoken and sung, and jazz. Concert Friday, Saturday
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Walking in San Miguel
by Duke Miller
...the salve of Mexican kindness is upon her shiny face and there is light in her eyes.
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So Others Can Eat: pictorial
by Sofie Engström von Alten
A heavy woman deftly scooped ladle after steaming ladle of soup into bowls, and the procession of meals began
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Playing With Gil
by Bob Stern
...I summoned up the courage (consisting of 3 margaritas I had consumed) to talk with the duo...
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Why are you here?
by Joseph Toone
I was taken aback by having the voices in my head come out of someone else's mouth.
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Fil Formicola Steps Out
by Frederic Dannen
The multifaceted actor takes a comic turn in Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple The Odd Couple, Feb 22-Mar 4
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Making Art Happen: Future World
by Scott Umstattd
...we lead people to a setting and give them permission to be what they want to be...
Future World Art Happening - Saturday, March 3
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Notes from Monte Alban
by Glen Rogers
...many large stones inscribed with an intriguing array of figures and symbols, a hidden language...
Exhibition, Fabrica Art Walk
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Giving and Receiving:
by Mary Jane Miller
...the USA racks up one billion dollars in returned gifts. Dialogue for Peace, Event/Exhibit, Thur. Jan. 4
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december / diciembre 2017
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Hand-Painting On Textiles
by Laura Honse
Her hand-painted fabrics are a shying away from technological perfection and coldness, a search for the meditative slowing down of time...
exhibit/sale Saturday, December 9
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Doll Therapy
by Lena Bartula
Swift sees them as people bewildered by the complexities of life, yet with a sense of humor about their journey.
opening Saturday, December 9
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Holst’s The Planets: Sax Quartet
by Fredric Dannen
...the only ensemble outside of Japan ever to perform Nagao’s stunning adaptation...
Concert - Wed. Thurs. Dec. 13, 14
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My Trip to Mineral de Pozos
by Carolyn Studer
One day the miners dug too deep. The mines flooded and it was impossible to correct the damage.
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My Father was a Gambling Man
by Dr David, Editor / Publisher
...I admired my father's ability to hustle... you could drop him anywhere and he would land on his feet.
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A Mexican Christmas Story
by Duke Miller
...if you ever hear somebody saying that Mexicans don't care for dogs, just tell them about Fantasma...
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Gone A'Soldiering: Treasure Hunting
by Joseph Toone
Rumors abound that his Catrin-esque (skeletal) remains are there. Also that the surrounding smaller caves house hidden gold.
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november / noviembre 2017
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Day of the Living Dead
by Dr David, Editor / Publisher Lokkal
A NYU research hospital published a report last week that proves there is life after death.
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Sueño de Opio
by Oscar Plazola
La tierra, que se había estado aflojando por el exceso de agua no aguantó más el peso de los edificios de lujo...
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The Town Crier
by Joseph Toone
Following the fire here in town the statue of St. Nicholas began to cry and continues to.
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Opium Dream
by Oscar Plazola
The land, which had been saturated... could take no more. Luxury buildings and giant trucks and everything turned into an avalanche.
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A Kite Over Mazatlán
by Duke Miller
He wondered about the final breaths of Mozart and how everything depended upon things that were entirely undependable.
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Death and Taxes
by Joseph Toone
The photos that get the most reactions are those that feature a coffin removed because the former resident’s descendants not paying the tomb tax.
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Xuchiles Bring Home the Dead
by Joseph Toone
This symbolically brings the ancestors back to their tombs, for St. Michael’s church was build atop the Chichimeca graveyard
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My Famous Spaghetti and Kenny Rogers
by Dr David, Editor / Publisher Lokkal
...“famous” red sauce, because more than once it has struck fear into the hearts of men of Italian decent
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San Miguel de Allende, Point of No Return
by Alberto Aveleyra
We are about to reach a point in the development... that will profoundly and negatively modify the environment, cultures, quality and way of life.
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Exploring the Eastern Ranchos
by Joseph Toone
In the field across from it is a clump of trees growing over the remains of a pre-Hispanic pyramid...
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A Woman Stands in Time
by Tandy Martin
She wants to smell the rainy air on her terrace and see the green plants breathe
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september / septiembre 2017
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Living Walls
by Honey Sharp
On surfaces from cement to brick, stucco, or even metal doors and with materials from aerosol cans to acrylic paint applied by brush or roller, the art continues to flourish.
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Tuesday Market in San Miguel
by Isobel Cunningham
MX of young men shaking hands with the aged guitar player. MX of hard work and of corruption... Tawdry MX of a tinsel covered baby Jesus. Elegant MX of the cowboy.
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Americans Aging in Mexico
by Joseph Toone
All this is in accord with the advice from combative 1930s actress Bette Davis, who once stated, "Aging isn't for sissies."
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An Emperor Visits San Miguel
by Linda King
“Mexicans!” he called out in Spanish before the bullets hit, “I die for a just cause: that of the independence and freedom of Mexico!..."
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Periochisme
por Oscar Plazola
...es imposible controlar todo lo que se publica en internet, que vivimos en una sociedad donde se practica la libertad de expresión, pero ¿dónde queda la ética y la conciencia?...
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Who Picks up the Check?
by Joseph Toone
Once upon a time, however, the Church did pay. Or rather, they taxed you and then used your money to pay...
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Marquez and Octavio
by Duke Miller
The eternal dictators always attack the students first; the ones who are too young to totally understand the danger...
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Local Gal Lives Her Dream
by Joseph Toone
Here my cleaning lady was quitting to live her dream, the dream of owning her own restaurant.
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Appreciating Miracles
by Joseph Toone
The use of milagros is an ancient and nearly universal practice that endures.
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Frida Kahlo's Numerology
by Austin Starr
She had many lovers, from Josephine Baker to Leon Trotsky, with lots of stops in between.
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10 Questions about La Troupe
by Editorial Board
It's the first truly bilingual theater company in SMA, and... one of the few such companies of its kind in the world.
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Pila Seca Prolongación
by Ram Chanty, Dr David
In this hot, dry land trees are valued, some yet-pagan influence breaking through catholic edifice...
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The Sorrows of Young Eugene
by Fred Dannen
The result was the greatest O’Neill drama, in the opinion of many, the finest play ever written by an American.
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Anciana
by Mike Lucas
Death resizes infinity so reality is endurable.
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Rehearsing for St. Mike's Day
by Joseph Toone
The Chichimeca dead were previously included back at the Parroquia, which was built upon the Chichimeca graveyard
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Consuming the Future
video, 20 minutes
Groundwater, Agro-export and Inequity in the State of Guanajuato
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Church and State: USA and Mexico
by Joseph Toone
Understanding of what goes on around you removes fear and its cousin, anger, which opens the door to a fuller enjoyment...
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Theta Healing
por Oscar Plazola
Mi única terapia de theta fue en el metro... quedé atrapado entre las tetas de dos señoras...
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Wearing Monet's Water Lilies
by Laura Honse
One sees the muddy depths of the water lily pond, the colorful water lily leaves and flowers, the water-reflected sky and sun.
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Taxi to the Doctor
by Duke Miller
The romance has given way to a much harsher reality and we are the lesser for it.
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Theta Healing
by Oscar Plazola
The car swayed and suddenly I was trapped between the tetas [teats] of two bulky ladies...
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Respect Makes the World Go Around
by Joseph Toone
I hope she can read... the unspoken apology on my face and that she will not let a verbal torrent loose on the woman.
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Semana Santa - pictorial
by Urban Sketchers of SMA
...we gathered at high noon on Easter Sunday, for the Burning of Judas in the Jardin...
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My Daily Exercise
by Duke Miller
A tribesman had taken a potshot at... a distance and the bullet had fragmented on the frame of my SUV and then glanced off my skull.
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Mercado San Juan De Dios: pictorial
by Douglas Cullen, Andrés Carnalla, Mexican Food Journal
Every market has food stalls which are worth a visit for great homestyle meals at very reasonable prices.
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The Last Trio: Holy Week San Miguel
by Joseph Toone
Then church members, friends and family of the prisoners would bring the image of Jesus behind bars and the food to the prison.
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Women and Architectural Objects
Artist statement/video by Linda Soberman
...women had been hidden or edited from history and not acknowledged for their significant contributions.
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La Mujer y los Objetos Arquitectónicos
Declaración de un artista, Linda Soberman
...las mujeres han estado apartadas y editadas de la historia y poco reconocidas por sus significantes contribuciones.
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Susan Page
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher Lokkal
audio interview
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"The Book of Love"
Urban Sketchers SMA
It was quite a challenge to sketch such a non-stop production, the storyline moved quickly and the cues were brief...
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Happy New Year: a brief memoir
by Dr David, Editor/Publisher Lokkal
The strangest thing was not understanding what had happened, why I had fallen...
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The Anti-Trump Gringos
by Duke Miller
They’ve heard gringo tyrants before and they know what they sound like.
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