Joyful MusingsBy Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC New Adventures Ahead Life certainly brings some unexpected surprises. A truly serendipitous convergence of events brought about the sudden and unexpected sale of our home here at Lakeside. After much thought, my husband and I have decided to return to the U.S. We will be […]
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Spain’s Fifty Magical Years By Morgan Bedford From 1492 until 1542, a dozen men under the flag of Spain created by the right of discovery and conquest one of the great Empires of all time. We are literally talking of a handful of men, not the armies of Alexander the Great, Napoleon, Caesar or
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CALIFORNIA—Once Again the Golden State! By Fred Mittag “Economists know how to manage the economy; the problem is always political”—My economics professor, 55 years ago. But Charles Darwin explained biological evolution 154 years ago and they’re still arguing about biblical creation vs. evolution at the Texas State Board of Education. It’s embarrassing to our
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) THE GHOSTS AMONG US – OCTOBER 2013 Linda Steele That was very informative! It was well-written and I enjoyed the article very much. HUCKLEBERRY FINN: A MISUNDERSTOOD CLASSIC Linda Steele What a great article! I loved it! BLUE SHUTTERS Juliana
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés August 2017 Shanghai’s Taikang Food Market July 2017 Chinese Buddhism & Jade Buddha Temple June 2017 Barbados’ Andromeda Gardens May 2017 P.S. – The Argentine wine country April 2017 San Juan P.R., USA March 2017 Barcelona Beckons February 2017 Magical Montserrat January 2017 Shanghai Museum: Furnishings & Jade December 2016
October 2013 Please select one: Online format Only articles (respond to any article here) Magazine style format Articles and ads just as it’s printed
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Que le vaya bien! So what’s the main reason so many foreigners come and later stay here? Some cite the weather, lower cost of living, moderate climate, others mention the fascinating culture or the spectacular vistas…but everyone agrees that the best thing about Mexico is its people. We all
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CARLOTA—Mexico´s Lost Empress By Morgan Bedford She had many names and titles, but the one that has gone down in history was Carlota, Empress of Mexico. The only daughter of Leopold I of Belgium and Louise, Princess of Orleans, Carlota was born near Brussels on June 7, 1840. In 1857, a handsome and unattached
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Things Are A Little Different Now By Catherine Lancaster When in 1837 Charlotte Brontë sent some of her writings to Robert Southey, England’s Poet Laureate, his answer was: “Madam, literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life, and it ought not to be.” Charlotte had the chance to answer Southey ten years later
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DEAR PORTIA (Ed. Note: Wherein Portia gets a couple of things off her, um, chest.) Dear Readers: For those sloshed cry-babies who think the drunk driving laws in the United States, Canada and Mexico are too tough, I offer the following examples of how some other countries sober up those overgrown children who like
