The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Maybe it is due to the springtime heat wave that’s kicking in, or some weird alignment of the planets, but for some reason a lot of my fellow expats have become extremely cranky of late.
It seems to me that climate change is devastating the USA … and I’m not talking about environmental matters. It’s the scorched earth condition of the nation’s political landscape that’s given me a rampant case of patriotic blues.
Whew! The Easter holiday rush is over and I’m still here to tell the story, a survivor of some of the hairiest roadway antics I’ve ever witnessed.
What do colored eggs, jelly beans, marshmallow chicks and a gift-bearing cotton tail have to do with Easter? Well, as far as popular customs in Mexico go, nothing at all.
Joni Mitchell’s catchy tune keeps running through my head:
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot, with a pink hotel, a boutique and a swinging hot spot.
Well, like all things human, there’s a time to come and a time to toddle along. Especially in these “toddle along” years when the emotional energy wears out and a job starts to feel overwhelming, and lacking the visceral push one needs to create something new and worthy over and over. Creation starts to go flat like a day-old unfinished brew. That’s where I am. And that’s where my column is.
Anger is a trouble-maker. It’s a question that should have been studied ages ago. We’ve made arrangements to talk to one of psychology’s foremost authorities on this subject, as well as the man most respected in Europe for preserving jams and jellies. Dr. Emmett Soldi of Catania University and Head Sue Chief at Lina’s Pastry Salon claims to have discovered important insights at his herbal tea parties.
