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By Helen Gallagher and Denning Chambers A short while ago Denning Chambers gave a most interesting talk, at The Lake...
Read MoreEveryday Heroes / or, Strong Heart
With the world being so crazy right now, last week I was needing to ground myself a bit, and I...
Read MoreWhat is Governments’ Role?
When the founders were writing the constitution and establishing the federal government of the USA, they had a number of...
Read MorePoncho And The Moonlight Sonata
Mexico City, 1962 I was sharing a piano bench with my teacher, Mr. Ortega, when he pulled a small paper...
Read MoreWord Salad – February 2024
Mark Twain’s Words to Live By What could be better than a conversation with one of the most brilliant and...
Read MoreProfiling Tepehua – February 2024
I received a call from Moonie King one afternoon in early December. The call started out with a greeting from...
Read MoreStreets of Mexico – February 2024
Constitución Mexico’s Constitution of 1917 redeemed the otherwise horrific, sometimes even apparently-pointless Mexican President Venustiano Carranza called for a constitutional...
Read MoreVerdant View – February 2024
This year has proven to be the coldest in 10 years in our Lakeside area. I see my garden responding...
Read MoreI Want Answers
I have questions, questions that have haunted me for years. And I want answers. Oh, I know I could find...
Read MoreLakeside Living – February 2024
Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural,...
Read MoreScene from a Lunch in Ajijic
Act One, Scene two. It’s a perfect sunny Tuesday afternoon in Ajijic. Church bells are ringing in the background. A...
Read MoreI’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up
There really probably ought to be a way out of this absurd situation Miss Em thought. She’d never been in...
Read MoreA Strange Touch
I felt a strange touch on the back of my neck, like spiderwebs or cotton candy, but in spite of...
Read MoreNew Year’s Day
New Year’s Dayand I will start afreshas caterpillars are molting. I will establish order in my sock and underwear drawersand the...
Read MoreIf Our Pets Could Talk – February 2024
Sadly, we only have our pets for a short time. Many times, it is because of an unexpected medical situation...
Read MoreHealing The Body-Mind-Spirit In The New Year
(Some Lessons from Others) As a parish minister and chaplain, I have learned that many people make a big mistake...
Read MoreYOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – February 2024
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. There are...
Read MoreVexations and Conundrums – February 2024
Manifest It I was enjoying a glass of wine with my son and a work friend of his, when his...
Read MoreA Bird In The Hand
My older brother, Ted, is quite the outdoorsman. You’ll often find him hiking through the forests and fields, where he...
Read MoreThe Other Churchill
“In my opinion, an officer who goes into battle without his sword is improperly dressed.”Lt. Col. Jack Churchill Recent events...
Read MoreEditor’s Page – February 2024
About our publication: El Ojo del Lago I get quite a few questions about how El Ojo del Lago works....
Read MorePoetry Niche – January 2024
Brian grew up in Santa Fe, New Mexico and has lived in San Francisco, the Bitterroots of Montana and the...
Read MoreOn the trail of a catastrophe
As my husband and I made our way around San Sebastián’s plaza on the Day of the Dead, with real...
Read MoreA Different View
Estancia seemed happy, sitting cross-legged on the mattress covering the landing of the unfinished top floor, as she watched the...
Read MoreThere is Always Music
The music of México is comprised of a cacophony of sounds—all of them loud! Trumpets, drums, violins, guitars, tubas and...
Read MoreMéxico… ish
And just like that, I’m in México – ish. It had been a long day of flights. They began in...
Read MoreHow Accurate is History?
Have you ever wondered how much we learned about our history was modified to suit the narrative of those in...
Read MoreThe Dragon
VASSA Part 2 of 2 That night, Phúc had a dream. He stood at the edge of a lake and...
Read MoreWord Salad – January 2024
Historical Firsts As a salute to the first month of 2024, let’s take a look back at a few of...
Read MoreChicken and Cookies
“Mommy,” my daughter said to me before she died, “I will be an angel. I will be with you wherever...
Read MoreStreets of Mexico – January 2024
La Reforma The liberal Constitution of 1857 defined The Reform, a tumultuous two-decade period (yet another one!) between the fall...
Read MoreLakeside Living – January 2024
Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural,...
Read MoreVerdant View – January 2024
When I started studying for my third career in architectural design, the word sustainability was just starting to be thrown...
Read MoreThe Tears of Time
They say, “You can’t go home again.” But you can. Especially if you’ve never been there before. It only took...
Read MoreProfiling Tepehua – January 2024
This column has always profiled the strength of a village called Tepehua, how, given the tools, it’s a matter of...
Read MoreReflections On The Wisdom Teachings Of Don Miguel Ruiz
Part Five of Five Don Miguel Ruiz was born in rural México, a descendant of the Toltecs, an ancient people...
Read MoreIt’s Sherlock Holmes Weather!
“It was a wild, tempestuous night, toward the close of November.”—The Adventure of the Golden Pinz-Nez by Sir Arthur Conan...
Read MoreRamblings From The Ranch – January 2024
Welcome to the Puppy Casita! When Jack Talerico moved to Ajijic, he wanted a dog. His husband, Justo Ramirez, was...
Read MoreThree Kings Day in Cajititlan, Mexico
In Mexico, Christmas decorations stay up though January 6. The holiday celebrates Epiphany, when the Three Kings or Wise Men...
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