If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum Does your pet have ‘whisker stress?’ Yes, there is such a thing. Whiskers serve a purpose for both cats and dogs. Whiskers are not like hair as they are thicker at the base and narrow toward the end and are three times deeper than hair follicles. They […]
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Bandit on Board By Rosamund Levy My husband Michael and I have been boating together since before we were married. For many years we lived on the shores of Lake Ontario, in and around Toronto, but kept our boat several hours drive north, on Georgian Bay. For those who may be geographically challenged, Georgian
Verdant View By Francisco Nava The Three Sisters Corn, beans, squash…their universal language – food. Corn is the first born. It grows straight and tall and has a lofty goal—a strong stem for its younger sisters. Once planted in the moist earth corn seeds take on water quickly. The endosperm drawing water to it,
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Growing Orchids at Lakeside By Libby Colterjohn This can be a very interesting, challenging, and fulfilling hobby, especially if you are a gardener at heart and are looking for a way to do this without so much physical effort. As most of the orchids you are likely to want to grow are epiphytes, they
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LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 October 2021 “The beautiful thing about learning is that nobody can take it away from you.” B.B. King 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 information and
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Life and Death on the Big Two Hearted River A young veteran seeks relief from PTSD in the Michigan wilderness Dr. Lorin Swinehart The recent PBS series created by Ken Burns has caused a resurgence of interest in the life and writings of Ernest Hemingway. Hemingway is not an easy person to categorize. As
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Unsung Heroes By Tom Nussbaum Tomas Rowen Nicola Delangre Rojas He works 65 hours a week at the restaurant. It seems like he’s always there. Always. But Café Negro is a family-owned restaurant and Tomas is the manager. And restaurant managers put in long hours. Tomas Rowen Nicola Delangre Rojas didn’t always spend his
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Road Trip By Lillian Norma My boyfriend cast me a sideways glance as he asked, “You’re not using the guide book again, are you?” “Of course, I am. Why wouldn’t I?” “Because, by now, you should realize the book is wrong.” “Wrong? How could the book be wrong?” “The maps are printed backwards. It’s
Señor Tope By Mark Sconce While dining in Paris last year, I had the great good fortune to run into Sr. Tope, originally of Chapala, Mexico. He was sitting alone in Au Pied de Cochon, a restaurant famous for its pig knuckles. Elegantly dressed, mustachioed and reading a past issue of El Ojo del
Los Insurgentes By David Ellison “Insurgentes” means insurgents, or revolutionaries. Like everything else in Mexican history, the War for Independence (not to be confused with the Mexican Revolution against Porfirio Diaz) was, as the historian Lesley Bryd Simpson quipped, “as complicated as chaos.” Was it truly a war for separation from Spain, or just
