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By Maggie Van Ostrand
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This month:

• Border Promotions, or The Mexico Two-Step
  
  
• Stars Shine in Sunny Mexico
  
• Elvira Arellano: Saint or Sinner?
  
• Oaxaca: What Is It Like?
  
• Honeybees: Have They Emigrated to Mexico?
  
• Christmas Shopping with the Sliding U.S. Dollar
  
• A Modern-Day Ferry Tale
  
• Ghosts, Goblins and Gonzales-Gonzales
  
• The Fence
  
• Say Bartender, Make Mine Tuna on the Rocks
  
• The Fighting 201st
  
• Yes Virginia, There Is Another Mexico
  
• Ajijic: God's Green Room
  
• The Corn is as High as an Elephant's Eye
  
• Mel Gibson's Apocalypto
  
• Top Ten New Year's Resolutions
  
• Deporting Santa Claus
  
• The Mexican
  
• Our Beloved Oaxaca - Now on U.S. and Canadian Do Not Visit List
  
• Dying to Become an American
  
• Cesar Millan: America's Greatest Mexican Import
  
• The Unsung Mexican Heroes Of WWII
  
• Cantinflas - Super Comic, Super Star, Super Man
  
• How My Mexican Relatives Came to California and Saved the U.S. Economy
  
• Emilio Fernández, One of a Kind
  
• Don Churrero
  
• Querétaro
  
• How To Tell When We're Senior
  
• A History of Mexico in 2000 Words
  
• Bringing Your Dogs to Mexico
  
• Mexican Army Storms Katrina
  
• Dateline: Ajijic
  
• The Shrewdness of Mexican Women
  
• Mexican-American War of Ought-Five
  
• Superman is an Illegal or, Humor and Satire in the Corrido
  
• Fry Me to the Moon
  
• Ninotchka
  
• Mexican Beauty - Dolores del Rio
  
• New Year's Resolutions
  
• Las Posadas
  
• Got Flu? Try A Sock Full of Onions
  
• Old Friends Ask About Mexico
  
• A Prudent Application of Guilt
  
• The Biggest Mistake I Ever Made In Mexico
  
• Small Towns
  
• An Evening In Paris With Mom
• Mexican Samurai
• There is Something About Mexico
• El Taxi, or El Toro?
• Mexican Eye For the Gringo Guy
• A Visit
• The Five Senses of Frida
• Day of the Dead or Alive
• Mr. Charm Is Penniless
• Where did the word "Gringo" come from anyway?
• Mrs. Baldwin of Missouri Teaches All About Mexico
• How to Correct Misconceptions about Mexico - and Lose Your Friends At The Same Time
• The Bride Wore Green And White And Red
• Mextra-Sensory Perception
• Josefina, A Woman of Mexico
• Mexican Village - Awarded "Best Article," 2002 - The Mexico Network.
• “Trolling for Truth”
• Las Posadas
• Meant For Each Other
• Accommodations To Die For
• Broken Berlitz
• Nine Steps to a Happy Life

Maggie Van Ostrand, writer, lives in Ajijic Mexico and Pine Mountain California. Her stories appear in the Chicago Tribune, the Boston Globe, El Ojo Del Lago, and various magazines. She co-authored "Home Is Where The Hurt Is" with Tony- and Grammy-winning country humorist Roger Miller, and ghostwrites for television sitcoms.

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