Andy Rooney On Sex! 1. When I was born, I was given a choice – a big pecker or a good memory…. I don’t remember what I chose. 2. Your birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory. 3. A wife is a sex object. Every time you ask for sex, she objects.
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Speak Up – I Can’t Hear You! About 12% of the U.S. population or 38 million Americans have a significant hearing loss. That number soars to about 30-40% for those over 65. Because the onset of hearing loss is usually insidious, gradually worsening over the years,
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Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: Chance meetings between strangers, especially in Ajijic, can prove to be significant in quite unexpected ways. I found the following experience to be a timely reminder, and I pass it on to your readers in good faith. Last month I struck up a conversation with a most interesting man
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GETTING STARTED By Bob Jones Did you ever wonder what you were meant to do in life or what you’d be ending up being. A doctor? A truck driver? A clown? (Well, I did make that.) And at what age did you find out? Well, it took me a long time compared to some
Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt By-products Eleanor Roosevelt once said “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” Well then, Mexico has been my greatest by-product. I’ve just returned from that dreaded trip into the land from which I ran. I was not chased. I was disillusioned. What I saw happening to
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A NOBLE DOG STORY BALDWIN PARK – A line is expected to form at a Los Angeles County animal shelter Monday, when a Labrador retriever who made worldwide headlines for her loyalty will be placed for adoption. The black Lab is now named Grace by workers at the shelter in Baldwin Park, in the
CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen José de Jesús Cortez Sánchez Our child this month is 9-month old José de Jesús Cortez Sánchez. He is the youngest of three children who lives with his parents in Chapala. José was born with a cleft lip and palate. You may have seen children with this
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THE MEXICAN CIRCUS By Gloria Marthai There was a time when elephants and prancing ponies paraded through cobbled village streets to announce the arrival of a circus. Today, pickups with loud speakers blare the news. Legendary and glitzy, the mystique of the circus has appealed to both simple and sophisticated societies for hundreds of
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FLY CULTURE By John Ward Like many local ex-pats, I came to Mexico from the US. Naturally, I noticed many differences. I tend to notice differences in unusual things. Fortunately my travels have included most of the globe and I’ve noticed that the ubiquitous fly is an excellent reflection of the local culture. For
Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum Normally this column’s main focus is educational information for pet parents. However, this month, one section is a “hot button” topic. For many weeks I have listened to personal stories from folks who have rescued a cat / dog who had been left behind when their ‘care-giver’ left for
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