Don Ysidro By Bruce Holland Rogers On that last morning, anyone who came to visit me could see that I was dying. I knew it myself. As if I had cotton in my ears, I heard the voice of Don Leandro saying to my wife, “Doña Susana, I think it is time to fetch […]
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com What Are You Waiting For? Living in Mexico, we get good at waiting. Well…some people do. Those of us who love Mexico have undoubtedly adapted to the lifestyle here. And that includes getting used to a different sense of timeliness. As people here say, mañana does not
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Aficionados of duplicate bridge love this version of the game for many reasons, not the least being the competition between players sitting in the same direction and holding the same cards. A duplicate game normally consists of 26 or 27 deals over the course of about
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Help, I Need Somebody But, like the Beatles sang, “not just anybody.” Help can be complicated. It’s a wonderful quality to want to help someone with a difficult problem or sticky situation. To care about someone else and be willing to give your time and
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Sponsorship At Jaltepec By Mike and Sally Myers With so many worthwhile ways for the foreign community of Lake Chapala to give back, why would you choose sponsorship at Jaltepec? What is Jaltepec? Jaltepec Centro Educativo is a highly specialized institute for young girls, mostly from low-income families. The students come from all
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt A Trip to The Cancer Institute Darkness surrounded the Chapala bus depot as we arrived for our early morning ride. I was going with my Mexican friend to the Cancer Institute in Guadalajara for a special appointment arranged for us with the assistant director of the Institute. She
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Grape Expectations By Robert Kleffel and Noemí Paz Viu Manent – Chile “Viu Manent is the very model of consistency as all of its wines can be recommended and several offer exceptional value.” —Robert Parker, 2012 When we first read the above recommendation by Robert Parker we investigated this boutique family owned winery. They
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Child Of The Month By Rich Petersen Jesús Santiago Silahua Carranza This blond cherub is Jesús Santiago Silahua Carranza, who lives in Ixtlahuacan with his parents and two siblings. Mom is a housewife and Dad is a carpenter. “Santiago” is only 5 months old and has been with us since just after birth. Perhaps
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Infallible Therapy A (therapy) dog lifts you up and never lets you down! What do you get when you bring children, dogs, and books together? You get happy, confident children who love to read. Children are introduced to the wonderful, magical word of books in a positive and unique way. In no time at
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Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: Feeling compassion for another life-form, be it dog, cat, horse, donkey, or the animals and birds that we human beings eat, is a fine sentiment to nurture in any one of us; the people who take this one step further, who rescue animals off the street, who find
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