Point South Mexico - Real Estate and Lifestyle Magazine

Jose Amador Santana, a native of Tonaya, Jalisco, is both a composer of romantic songs and a storyteller. Most of his stories take place in and around Tonaya, and involve characters-like all of us-who get caught up in the unexpected and the dramatic, with varying results. Dwelling on his life in Mexico, Santana has recently published Toward the Memories, a collection of 18 short stories, expertly translated by Ajijic resident and teacher, Elizabeth Ruth Sellars. "The mind is a barrel where memories are aged, to drink later," the author states, saying about his book, "I open the faucet of my memories for you, and invite you to savor these stories."

She is not Alice. She is Serena and her husband isn't Woody Allen, but she has something in common with them. She divorced her wealthy husband, a highly respected doctor, after 25 years beside him as a nurse and partner working hard each day with emergencies and illnesses, indifference, and painful situations.