SHAME By Neil McKinnon The Olympic Games in London caused me to rethink my position on apologies. I now realize that alone they are meaningless. In order to be significant an apology must be accompanied by excruciating, overwhelming, gut-wrenching shame. This was brought home to me by the awe-inspiring contrition of Paula Findlay,
LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis376-765-3677 (cell: 331-171-1681) (or 765-3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com May 2013 PAST EVENTS Sent to us by a concerned North Shore resident, this photo shows fires blazing on the south shore, driven by the wind. On the same day Chapala Civil Protection and Fire Department chief Arturo Rivera revealed that
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Letter’s to the Editor To the Attention of Paul Jackson I was very surprised by your article and assessment of Stephen Harper. You appear to be wearing rose-colored glasses. This man has put the party ahead of the country and systematically squashed democracy after promising transparency. His mode of operation is to push
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Front Row Center Guest Reviewer Harriet Hart Not Now, Darling Directed by Shirley Appelbaum As a naïve prairie girl I moved to London, England in 1970 where I landed a job as receptionist in a Mayfair publishing firm. Within days, I realized that my main task was to keep wives and mistresses, husbands and
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View From The South Shore By Kerry Watsonkerry.r.watson1@gmail.com You’re not really a local resident until you have taken a trip all the way around Lake Chapala. This is a double-dog dare. It’s what hooked me on living on the south shore. There’s really no other way to know the full beauty and majesty of
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Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: Bill Frayer’s “We Are Stuck In The Past” (El Ojo del Lago, April, 2013) is a plea for rebuttal. Frayer tried to bestow a false equivalency upon conservatives. But the definition of fair-minded does not include treating failure and success as though they were equal. Frayer says that
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OH, BATS! By Nanci Stone Friday evening my husband, who shall be known as MOTH, (Man Of The House) and I were sitting in the living room idly watching TV and checking our email when out of the corner of my eye I noticed the MOTH suddenly sit back in his seat. “What’s
LOOKING FOR A HAPPINESS PLAN —A Profile of Jim Cook By Angela Cook (no relation!) As Jim Cook talks in his unassuming way, place names, Indigenous words, Spanish words fall easily off his tongue. He brings to life the beauty of the geography and place, the incredible history, the diversity of the people, the
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Yevgeny Yevtushenko (1933-?) My monthly column explores the life, time and inspiration of great poets. While the collected works of this month’s poet may not yet qualify him for greatness, what he actually did qualifies him for courage. Some of you may remember his name. Yevtushenko. He made
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Waiting For Rain By Kathy Koches Sunlight streaming, finds me dreaming Lazy hazy April days. Waiting, hoping, napping, moping, Hoping this is just a phase Finally, a rainbird singing, Music to my ears today. And he let’s me know he’s bringing News that rain is on the way Cooling, soothing, breezes moving Clouds
