Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club “Boots on the ground” isn’t just a vague idiom for Chapala Sunrise Rotary Club (CSRC). It looks like this: volunteers standing in a rural village measuring contamination levels of raw sewage so they can design a workable sanitation system. It looks like a doctor teaching a small group how to manage […]
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Learning to See in Mexico The 19th century naturalist, Louis Agassiz, once handed his students a preserved fish and told them simply, “look at it.” Hours passed. Then days. Frustration grew as the students insisted there was nothing new to notice about the dumb, dead fish. Slowly, almost reluctantly, new details began to emerge, structures
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Operation Feed San Juan Cosalá Something remarkable is happening on Thursday mornings in San Juan Cosalá. There’s no whistle. No one barking orders. And yet, everything moves smoothly, rhythmically, almost musically. Bags are filled, produce is sorted, staples are portioned, and within a short span of time, nearly 150 families will walk away with a
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Chisme El chisme crece cuando camina. Gossip grows as it walks. My grandma used to tell a story about a bridge in Germany. The bridge itself is real: the Göltzsch Viaduct in Saxony, a vast sweep of brick arches built in the 1850s to carry trains across a deep valley. At the time it was
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Daria Hilton editorelojodellago@gmail.com A Note to Readers Some readers noticed that a few listings were incomplete in last month’s Lakeside Living column. An editing error on my part resulted in information being left out, and I regret the oversight. I also want to thank Lillie Henley for the energy she brought to the column over
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Tepehua Centro Comunitario A.C. High on the hill in Chapala’s Tepehua neighborhood sits a community center that has become, quite simply, a lifeline for many local families. What struck me most at a recent visit there was not any single program but the breadth of what happens there and how organically it has grown in
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Edge Places Walking in the early morning when the birds are still in charge of the docks and the shadows remain soft; it is easy to connect with myself and with the landscape. Distractions abound lakeside, even in the dusty month of April. From extravagant Easter festivities to the celebration of Dia del Niño at
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Oskar Santoscoy carries the quiet confidence of someone who’s done the hard part already. He is a professional poet who also curates three branches of his Galló Art Gallery, one in Riberas del Pilar, the other two in Puebla and San Miguel de Allende. In addition, he’s an award-winning actor who has studied literature and
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Lake Chapala Shrine Club A.C. Most people recognize a Shriner when they see one. The red fez. The parades. The tiny cars. And many people have heard of Shriners Children’s Hospitals, though fewer could say exactly what they do or how they work. Fewer still know that right here at Lake Chapala we have one
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Big Shoes to Fill There are moments when stepping forward also means pausing and looking back with gratitude. Becoming editor of El Ojo del Lago is one of those moments for me. This magazine did not simply arrive on the page fully formed. It was shaped, nurtured, argued over, refined, and protected by people whose
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