Bill Frayer is a retired college English professor who lived and wrote at Lakeside for ten years and now lives in Maine. He has had his poems published in The California Quarterly, The Poeming Pigeon, The Main Street Rag, Heydey Magazine, Poetry South, El Ojo del Lago, The Lake Chapala Review, and Magnapoets. He has published …
My name is Christina Small shortened to Chris Small after I moved to Ajijic, Mexico with my husband Jim Small ten years ago. Our marriage lasted thirty wonderful years—twenty in Marin and Sonoma counties, California. We met at a writer’s workshop in Mill Valley. When Jim died four years ago, I experienced an awakening. …
Writing poetry for over half a century delving into themes such as relationships, spirituality, creativity, and his passion for life, John has self-published a collection of 15 volumes including two enchanting children’s books composed in verse, namely A Sneaky Twitch of an Itch and The Journey Home, as well as a compilation of essays and …
I was only sixteen when my father left us behind in Sedona, Arizona. He divorced my mother and moved to New Mexico saying he was fed up with her telling everyone she saw UFOs. She even claimed that one of her friends had been abducted and impregnated by aliens, who were keeping the fetus. I …
Kenneth Salzmann—or just Ken, moved to Ajijic in 2014, from New York’s Capital Region and Hudson Valley, following careers in nonprofit administration and journalism. His poetry has appeared in numerous journals and anthologies throughout North America, and in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Another Gray Afternoon in Guernica Not even the startling red of anguishpooling in …
Don Beaudreau has lived at Lakeside with his husband Juan Rivera for 10 years. They share their home with 7 dogs, 2 cats, and a white lab mouse. He is a retired Unitarian Universalist minister, and a retired English and music teacher. A professional jazz and ragtime pianist, Don has raised money for numerous social …
RON JANOFF began writing performing and publishing poetry in New York in the 1970’s, took a long hiatus as a Director at New York University, earned his Ph.D. there, went on to teach Latin in Brooklyn high schools, served as President of the New York Classical Club, and became a licensed New York City tour …
While experiencing a series of Shamanic Visions in the early 1980’s, John Sacelli met his totem Lynx (links) who introduced him to a series of inter-dimensional, alternative and past life adventures. John/Juan is the author of The AngeLynx Oracle, The Angelish Dictionary and Lynx in Time – the 1960’s and three books of poetry. He …
Spoken word artist Susa Silvermarie is a widely published and anthologized writer known for original work that delights the senses while calling the spirit. Silvermarie is grateful to spend her third trimester of life lakeside here in Mexico, sharing her work at www.susasilvermarie.com.Her collections Poems for Flourishing and Tales from My Teachers on the Alzheimer’s Unit are available on Amazon, and a new collection …
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Warren grew up in London, England and graduated with an Honours degree in Mathematics from King’s College, Cambridge. Michael moved to Toronto in 1972, and then to Ajijic, Mexico in 2000. Michael was a member of the “Blue Asterisks” poetry workshop for eleven years in Canada, and also a director of …
