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Why This Lakeside Curmudgeon Still Loves The Holiday Season By Don Beaudreau wbeaudreau@aol.com   Happy Holiday to one and all, however you might celebrate it! Whatever your religious tradition (or lack of one), cultural influence, philosophical belief, or life experience. Whatever your sorrow, frustration, fear, confusion, or anger. Whatever your joy, expectation, excitement, amazement, or […]

Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Mise En Place   Just when I was feeling all smug and satisfied with my preparations for my ultimate demise, along comes correspondence in my inbox which outlined a checklist for getting one’s affairs in order. This list was more comprehensive than other lists I had seen. And the

Love In The Time Of Covid By Bernie Suttle   Connie finally found an apartment she could afford, a one-bedroom, first floor on Lake Chapala in San Juan Cosala, Jalisco, Mexico. It even had a garden where she could plant some flowers. San Juan was the village where the maids, gardeners and laborers lived. Connie

A Pink and Purple Christmas By Tom Nussbaum It started as a joke. It became an obsession. The four of us, strolling through Portland’s Festival of the Trees, were enjoying and evaluating the dozens of Christmas trees decorated by the region’s largest corporations and most identifiable big businesses. The trees had themes. One was adorned

If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum   Part of this month’s article is about Sex. There is always something to learn.   Well, that got your attention. Since this is a family magazine and this column is about pets, this topic is about puppy and kitten litters and their creation.  A friend and I

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com   ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ is an African proverb, meaning an entire community keeps watch on the children and interact positively. It is true of most of the villages here at Lakeside. They are of a size that most

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Everything in the Garden by Edward Albee (adapted from the play by Giles Cooper) Directed by Peggy Lord Chilton   The original play by Giles Cooper opened in London in 1962, and Albee wrote an American version a few years later as a tribute to his friend. It’s described

El Dorado, Part III The Conquest of Perú By Robert Drynan Atahualpa’s ransom included filling this room once with gold and twice with silver.   The first attempt at exploration of the interior of the South American continent was undertaken in 1522 by Pascual de Andagoya. He landed at a point near where the border

Juan Manuel de Solórzano By David Ellison   “Oh, fortunate you who knows the hour of his death!”   The legend of Juan Manuel had its roots in history, but blossomed into a macabre horror story, a morphing of Othello, Jack the Ripper, and Scrooge. Juan Manuel arrived in New Spain in 1623, taking up

LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 December 2021     “Words have power. They have impact. Breath is wind, wind is voice and voice is power.” -Lee Maracle The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle every Sunday at 10AM, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a diverse range of presentations. For more