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THE CHARM OF CREATIONISM By Ed Tasca   Remember when grade-schoolers around Christmas time would craft tableaux, done with finger-size clay people and animals, set in crepe paper and lichen terrain and depicting the venerable stories of the bible and of creation. They were charming and irresistible. I for one miss them. And I suspect […]

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Vibrational Training – shake shake shake!   “My cellulite is almost gone!” “I dropped three dress sizes in six months!” “My aches and pains are diminishing” “My coordination is so much better!” These are the testimonials I heard from patrons in a fitness center in

THERE ARE SO MANY KINDS …   There are so many kinds of awful dame He’d foolishly invited to his bed, He said he’d never make that crazy same Mistake again – a new mistake instead.   The poetess who sang and wept and bled, She read him odes from Russia and Ukraine And brought

GRAPE EXPECTATIONS By Robert Kleffel and Noemí Paz Viognier   If you enjoy a finely crafted Chardonnay you’re going to love a glass of Viognier. It was once fairly common in the Rhone area of France but now it is rare. In 1965, the grape was almost extinct when there were only eight acres in

To Snip Or Not To Snip By Judy Lacy   We live in a paradise, the weather is near perfection, the people become like family, and there are more activities to get involved in than we have time for.  So, what could make life better? Your first answer would probably be more money.  Some of

Bullfighting  Atrocities By Lori Geiger   It seems hard to believe that in this so-called civilized age, a most vicious and cruel spectacle of barbaric blood-shed continues. Bullfighting should have been banned along with the Spanish Inquisition. Children should never be exposed to this, as many may be scarred for life after witnessing this type

Our Home By Brian O’Neil   Ajijic has great views of the mountains and beautiful Lake Chapala from nearly every home, that blend in with streets of flowers and perfect Mexican gardens. Then there is Mount Garcia on the south side of the lake, a magnificent mountain that shows its changing moods daily, particularly during

JIM TIPTON: The Man Who Falls in Love with Everything By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   Some years ago, while browsing in the poetry section of the Ashland University Library, I came across a small chapbook with the title “The Wizard of Is,” written by a James Tipton. I had known a Jim Tipton back in

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce T.S. EliotThe Fugitive Poet (1888-1965)   Aside from the “T. S. Mrs. Eliot” taunt of yesteryear, first impressions of Thomas Stearns Elliot are confusing and his odyssey puzzling. On one hand, for example, we know he was the exponent and practitioner of Modernist poetry realized with the 1915 publication

THE LAKESIDE FREETHINKERS Submitted by Ken Crosby     Non-religious ex-pats live in a very religious community at Lakeside. Some seventeen churches advertise their services, not to mention bible study and prayer meetings, and scarcely a week goes by without missionaries appearing at my gate to try to tell me the “good news.” In such