Ajijic’s Guitar Art By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarellowww.antoniorambles.comantonio.rambles@yahoo.com Perhaps nowhere else in the Spanish-speaking world has the guitar become such an inseparable part of the culture as in Mexico.Here the instrument appears in the varying shapes, sizes, and sounds which can be most often seen in the instrumentation of Jalisco’s celebrated mariachi bands.
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The Ghosts Among Us By Fred Mittag Catherine the Great (1729-1796) Catherine was both a lusty and a brilliant woman. She excelled in all her studies, but her childhood was unhappy. Her father was a stern Lutheran and her mother was cold and indifferent. Marriages were matters of state, and because of the reach
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Who Rescued Who? By Barbara Harkness and Valerie SiegelISBN # 978-0-9884495-0-3Reviewed By John Wardwww.whorescuedwho.mx This is a book of tales about street dogs rescued by people in the Lake Chapala area… or perhaps, a book of tales told by animals who rescued humans in the Lake Chapala area. Each story begins with a brief
Living And Dying On The Street By Vern and Lori Geiger We see them every day, puppies, young dogs, old dogs, injured dogs, sick dogs, trying to just survive, begging scraps of food or maybe a pat on the head. Alone with no owner, no one to comfort them when they are frightened, no
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Dating—Lakeside Style … By Anonymous “Brad, I’m glad I don’t have to thrash around in the dating scene anymore. How about you?” “Definitely! In my short forays, I found it to be frustrating. I decided that I couldn’t be responsible for my sanity if I continued.” “ You can’t be serious.” “You were my
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Malakias By Roberto Moulun No one knew with certainty how the name Malakias got into the family, but it had persisted through various generations, together with a belief in miracles, votive candles and holy water. Tradition is a matter of endurance, and after six generations of repetition, it becomes an article of faith; thus
LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis Phone: 376 – 108 – 0278 (or 765 – 3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com January 2013 PAST EVENTS Lakeside School for the Deaf and Children with Special Needs featured the eighth annual Fashion Show in aid of more than 100 children at the School. It was a roaring success. The
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The Men In White by Mildred Boyd Paintings and statues from pre-Columbian times show that the female of the species had to take a back seat when it came to personal adornment. Kings and nobles bedecked themselves in gold, silver and jade in the form of pectorals, armlets, lip plugs and ear spools and wore
Northern Lights Festival–Glows and Soars to New Heights By Leonardo Gasparini Gasparini is a distinguished name from my hometown, Venice, one of Europe’s historical capitals for great music. This might explain why I have devoted my entire life to beautiful music, having worked in many of the great music capitals of the world and
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Predictions By Harriet Hart The petite oriental lady grasped my hand and blurted: “You’re a tough little bugger!” I was 30 and visiting my first palm reader. She predicted that I would marry twice, live to be 96, inherit money and live in 14 countries after the age of 55. I’m on my second
