“Lost Children Archive”—a book centering on the fate of unaccompanied young people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border and set within a fractured family’s rather grim and tense road trip from New York to the U.S. Southwest—stands out now that yet another surge of such minors is in progress.

“Living is no Laughing Matter” came to me like a message from God — seriously — delivered to me in the middle of my morning sun, reading and coffee ritual, which never fails to turn my mind to higher things.

“Living is no Laughing Matter” came to me like a message from God — seriously — delivered to me in the middle of my morning sun, reading and coffee ritual, which never fails to turn my mind to higher things.

“Arte Popular Mexicano. De mascaras, Barro, Calacas, Criaturas fantásticas, ...” by Miguel Abruch Linder

“If Walls Could Talk: Chapala’s historic buildings and their former occupants” by Tony Burton

A remarkable English-speaking historian and author is in our midst – “the real thing,” as one commentator put it – and residents of Ajijic and Guadalajara have a chance to witness him present his latest publishing project on its official release date, Sunday, March 8, in Ajijic; and then Tuesday, March 17, Saint Patrick’s Day, at the American School in Guadalajara.