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by Dr. David Fialkoff, Editor / Publisher |
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When the horses are running they bring in cats to keep down the rats and mice. When racing season is over some of those cats get left behind or choose to stay. |
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You might not think they like it so vigorously, but just watch how they scratch themselves, so hard and so fast. |
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Poetic San Miguel Catherine Marenghi |
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Oliver finds herself a stranger in a foreign country, grappling with issues of religion and mortality. |
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Oliver cannot help but see the natural beauty in the jacarandas and bougainvillea. Yet she is also aware of the perilous journeys of migrants clutching the tops of northbound trains. |
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by Tony Cohan |
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Mexico has been commemorating the 40th anniversary of the massive earthquake that struck Mexico City on September 19, 1985, leaving up to 40,000 dead, some 30,000 injured, and over five billion dollars in damage. |
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In California, earthquakes tend to be short and jiggle like a camera shaking. This one was long and heaving, like being in a tiny skiff in the backwash of a ship - a bilious rocking that didn't stop. |
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Isolated Folk Art Village by Susan Page |
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In the mountains of Guerrero, in a small village so remote that it does not appear on maps of Mexico or on our GPS, a group of families carry on a tradition of ceramic art that is hundreds of years old. |
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The word had spread, and neighbors kept arriving, proudly setting their work out for us to see. |
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The Computer Corner by Charles Miller |
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The caravan masters all have the same practice of loading up their camels, starting off into the desert, then five minutes later stopping to pitch camp for the first night only a few meters outside of town. |
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Crossword Puzzle by Sheridan Sansegundo |
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(recinto ferial) por Dr. David Fialkoff, editor / publicador |
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Cuando los caballos están corriendo traen gatos para mantener a raya a ratas y ratones. Cuando termina la temporada de carreras algunos de esos gatos se quedan atrás o eligen quedarse. |
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Podrías pensar que no les gusta tan vigoroso, pero fíjate cómo se rascan a sí mismos, tan fuerte y tan rápido. |
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San Miguel poético por Catherine Marenghi |
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Oliver se encuentra como una extraña en un país extranjero, lidiando con cuestiones de religión y mortalidad. |
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Oliver no pueda evitar ver la belleza natural en las jacarandas y las bugambilias. Sin embargo, también es consciente de los peligrosos viajes de los migrantes que se aferran a los techos de los trenes rumbo al norte. |
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Pueblo aislado de arte popular por Susan Page |
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En las montañas de Guerrero, en un pequeño pueblo tan remoto que no aparece en los mapas de México ni en nuestro GPS, un grupo de familias mantiene una tradición de arte cerámico de cientos de años. |
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La noticia se había corrido, y los vecinos siguieron llegando, colocando con orgullo su obra para que la viéramos. |
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La esquina de la computadora por Charles Miller |
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Los jefes de caravana tienen la costumbre de cargar sus camellos, partir hacia el desierto y, cinco minutos después, detenerse para montar campamento la primera noche solo unos metros fuera del pueblo. |
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