A best-in-class, unparalleled 3-day event featuring Mexico’s finest and most amazing folk art. Where: Hotel Real de Chapala, Ajijic, Chapala,...

This is the thanksgiving season. The folks in Canada celebrated their Thanksgiving on October 14 and the folks in the...

It’s 1964. Imagine a housewife doing the family’s laundry in the basement of a modest house. Just as the washing...

Life is a mystery. And it keeps much silence. Still, we humans attempt to gain some understanding of our lives...

Gratitude My mother Rebecca and I made a pact to follow each other’s instructions upon our passing from this world....

Since the early days of the Tepehua Community Center some 15 years ago (mas o menos), Tepehua has grown to...

The Michael Hogan Reader arrived in the mail today, and, as I opened the package, I recalled that day a...

Dr. Luis: Ranch Veterinarian “Rather than rush from one patient to another, I prefer to sit with an old friend,...

Before The News Sorority, Diane Sawyer, Katie Couric, Christine Amanpour, a biography by Sheila Weller about women reporters, there was...

By Susa Silvermarie Book Review by Mel Golberg The poems in Susa Silvermarie’s new book, Who Will Board The Silver...

I remember very distinctly when my father bought me my very first LP. (Do you remember those circular black things...

Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural,...

Remember when birthdays were giddy excitement, party hats and toys, toys, toys? Now they’re like unwelcome reminders of a bill...

Nicolás Bravo Mercy determined Nicolás Bravo’s fate—mercy he gave, mercy he withheld, mercy he received, and mercy he was finally...

The topic this month is Lupus. An overview – Lupus is a serious complex disease that occurs when your body’s...

I never had a cat. Never wanted one. Still don’t. But three years ago, a stray cat adopted me. I...

The Art Of Maintenance Long, long ago, when I was an adolescent staring at adults like they held the answers...

“We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.” Louise Elizabeth Gluck Farm life has always followed...

Arriving up in Zacatecas (8,148 feet above sea level) for a visit from the coast one June, my husband and...

Over teched Even though I live in Mexico, parts of the United States sneak into my life through my email...

When I was 12, I wrote a poem about Chicago’s Buckingham Fountain and I won $2.00. For two years, I...

Mariposario Our Growers Group decided to take a field trip to the Mariposario (butterfly nursery/garden) in Jocotepec this past month....

Tepehua Community Center provides numerous quality services to the people in the barrio of Tepehua: financial assistance for education, reduced...

As Florence drove out our mile-long dirt lane, I felt happier than on a Christmas morning. My mother’s friend ignored...

Cats and dogs, like humans, can develop UTIs / urinary tract infections. Basic anatomy: There are two kidneys, and there...

Beyond the Masks We Wear Not until you have the courage to meet yourselves face to face…will you have taken...

A novel by Daria Hilton and illustrated by Leonel Lazcano Real This novel is filled with good and accurate details...

Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com Las Voces del Lago will present their annual Holiday Concert titled Gaudete (Rejoice) onDecember 12, 13 and...

Hernán Cortés Cortés was intelligent, courageous, ambitious, insubordinate, greedy, ruthless, and an inspiring leader—the quintessential conquistador. He established the Spanish...

This article is an over-view of hernias that occur in both males and females. But to explain the frequently used...

When I was young, I used to do a lot of what might best be called adventure travel. I spent...

Final Wishes I was on Facebook when an ad caught my eye. A brochure addressing death was featured, available at...

There was once an old farmer in my grandfather’s neighborhood named Crow. He was known locally as Old Crow, and...

Before Ajijic and Chapala existed, before the Spanish conquest and Christianity, before the Aztecs came looking for the eagle and...

SHE As I lie bedbound and suffering yet another migraine, I sense movement around me but hear nothing as she...

PETER MALAKOFF I earned a BA in Religious Studies from UCSB, specializing in Hinduism and Buddhism, and received my Ayurvedic...

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With each passing year, I have more and more admiration for young people who set their mind to achieve major...

How do you keep over 100 dogs healthy? As of this writing, The Ranch has 107 dogs in residence. Our...

PREFACE The following stories are written by two English as a Second Language students, Maria Catelina Aldana Amaya and Katherine...