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WOLF! By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Jack London’s Tales Continue to Challenge and Inspire      One blazingly beautiful autumn day, my wife LaVon and I bumped and rattled over a washboard road for miles on end in order to visit a wild wolf sanctuary in the New Mexico outback. Later, the staff explained that the resident

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “…rediscovering the inexhaustible here, the remorseless now.”   I recently reread Nathaniel Hawthorne’s remarkable novel, The Marble Faun, so filled with insights about artists and art. Describing Miriam, a central character in that novel, Hawthorne tells us that she had “dark eyes, into which you might look

LAKESIDE LIVING Tod Jonson todoflcs3@yahoo.com Barbara Clippinger clippy1020@gmail.com June 2012 June, is already “busting out all over” and giving us moments to be “singing in the rain.” There is total joy in both things so stay cool and “sing out, Louise!” Vincent Van Gogh painted one of the world’s most famous paintings, “Starry Night” in

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