Date: June 2022Reviewer: Kathy KochesTitle: The Mexico Lunch PartyAuthor: Sonia Day Brief Synopsis:  This is the enchanting story of four...

Anticipation The vivid hues of flowers are muted by the dust. The radiant green of leaves now dully turned to...

One chilly morning in late August, I drove in to work like every other Saturday. I had a job behind...

August August’s official birth flowers include the gladiolus and poppy. August, eighth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named for the first Roman...

“Martin, come play soccer with us.” “No thanks. I’m too bad to play soccer. Besides, they are about to set...

Your professional relationship with your family doctor / PCP [Primary Care Physician] is an important part of your life. Without...

Daniel had been looking forward to it all day. The movie would start at 7:30 pm, and he planned to...

Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com The Lake Chapala Society host Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic,...

I never had a horse. My wife, who grew up on an acreage in Iowa, had six of them over...

My mother always outdid the other mothers in our 1950’s Washington, D.C. middle-class neighborhood. Especially in preparing extravagant meals for...

In Cali, Colombia, Alberto Hernán Guerra, a young man suddenly found himself as head of the substantial family business when...

The Electric Fishermen Nature is my next-door neighbor. My outdoor kitchen/deck faces a marsh and the mountains. If something drops...

Many times a pet will let you know he is not feeling well. We need to learn and recognize signs...

It was nearing dark on a sultry summer evening during my fourth season as a National Park service ranger on...

Abundant Joy We have had our hillside home here overlooking Lake Chapala for twenty-one magical years. It is hard to...

Teresa Urrea She was the Mexican Joan of Arc. In 1889, when she was 16 years old, Teresa Urrea suffered...

In early 1972, when I was almost 19 and my parents were divorcing, I chose to live with my father....

One Nation? I was born into a staunch Republican family. My mother signed me up for Teenage Republicans, and my...

HAIKU A haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature...

A PROFILE OF A WOMAN. (A Tepehua Story). My name is woman, I have the face of poverty. Like so...

Here at Lakeside, there is a need wherever we go. This article educates us on the Food Bank for Animals....

JULY “Answer July—Where is the Bee—Where is the Blush—Where is the Hay? Ah, said July—Where is the Seed—Where is the...

Sue Schools playfully describes just another date night for the expats of Lakeside.

Herbert Piekow delves into Mexico’s brutal history, exploring the major conquests of Mexico. And its difficult past.

A couple of months ago, I went back to California to get vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine. In Mexico, I...

Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com The Lake Chapala Society host Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic,...

Getting Them Before They Get Us Addictions can kill you. I know. I almost died. It was not until a...

Fred Mittag, examines how the laws of physics come to bear on the world of music.

When Olivia Newton-John reached #1 with “(Let’s Get) Physical” in 1981, we all knew she wasn’t urging us to become...

I Thought I Was Going To Live Alone I moved to the countryside near Sansai, eight miles out of Chiangmai....

Wendy’s Story This past April The Ranch was contacted by a man that claimed he needed to move back to...

Patricia Hemingway, contemplates the roll the crow plays in her daily life.

Politics, Religion, Toilet Tissue Visits to my mother in Louisiana are full of surprises. Two of my sisters take turns...

Lázaro Cárdenas “I made an effort to serve my country… with greater commitment to the needy people,” Lázaro Cárdenas wrote...

Dr. Lorin Swinehart examines how pervasive plastic is in our lives, and how it has entered the food chain. Everything...

Dying for Action The one thing these current times will not be remembered as is the “Age of Reason.” I...

In this month’s Ojo you will see two pages dedicated to poetry. It is the Poetry Niche, and we have...

On 13 August 2005 two scholars, Eduardo Neves, a Brazilian, and James Peterson, Anthropology Department chairman at the University of...

Recently, Judy and I celebrated our 56th wedding anniversary. The event prompted a number of queries from folks wanting us...

Daria Hilton shares her story of a neighbor who became a father figure to her. She starts by saying: I...