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Volume 17, No.4: April 4, 2013

A good ending: Giving is a large industry in the impoverished areas around my home in Paradise.  The issues that surround charity are never far from the thinking, doing, and realities of people with something Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 5 years ago April 4, 2013
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Volume 17, No. 3: January, 2013

Perfection: I can now define “perfection”, thanks to the invention of the Perfectometer.  As you can see in the photo, it is easy to construct from scraps lying around the house.  Our friends who invented Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 5 years ago January 13, 2013
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Volume 17, No. 2: December 3, 2012

Oaxaca has something new for you: In the last days of November, when the temperature drops and we get out our space heater, Diana and I went on an excursion with our pals Stan and Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 5 years ago December 3, 2012
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Volume 17, No. 1: November 16, 2012

Muertos has come and gone.  This year, as in the past, there were new decorations to experience.  The masthead photo was taken upstairs at restaurant “La Olla”, and the next two photos show two of Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 5 years ago November 16, 2012
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Volume 16, No. 12: October 16, 2012

Amaranth: When the Spaniards came here, they brought wheat.  They virtually wiped out the ancient native staple known as amaranto.  In the last few years, amaranth has been making a major comeback.  Last Saturday, we Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 6 years ago October 16, 2012
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Volume 16, No. 11: September 8, 2012

A Health Odyssey This is an idiosyncratic, off-the-wall tale, very much a brain-fugue by the author (me).  Cancer is a scary business, and the cure is sometimes worse than the disease.  That can’t help  but Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 6 years ago September 8, 2012
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Volume 16, No. 10: August 25, 2012

The  people’s Zócalo: In the last couple of months, while I have been battling illness (successfully), I have had some time to reflect on the events in the public spaces and streets of Oaxaca.  I Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 6 years ago August 25, 2012
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Volume 16, No. 9: June 7, 2012

The Markets: I first met Tom (not his name) shortly after I arrived in 1994.  He was young, cagey, suspicious and in violation of the law: selling his Guatemalan style pants off the pile on Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 6 years ago June 7, 2012
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Volume 16, No. 8: April 15, 2012

Oh, no, not the Library again: There has been another Library blow-up recently, and rumors and some acrimony have resulted. While real people have suffered some real hurt, “The Library is going down the tubes; Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 6 years ago April 15, 2012
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Volume 16, No. 7: February 21, 2012

Why the panic? The U.S. State Department has just issued another warning. It’s hard to understand why they want to discourage us from crossing the border, since the TOTAL of U.S. citizens killed in all Read more…

By Stan Gotlieb, 6 years ago February 21, 2012

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