Concepts Of Intelligence Written By Thomas J. HallyReviewed By Bill Frayer Have you ever wondered why some people are very intelligent and why others are, well, not so much? What do we mean by intelligence? What’s the difference between creative genius and psychosis? Does our gender, our birth order, or even our physical attractiveness […]
Concepts Of Intelligence Read More »
World’s Worst Sentence By Mike Myers (Ed. Note: At the last Lake Chapala Annual Writers’ Conference, what follows won the “Worst Sentence Award.” It is also incredibly long. We hope that this does not inspire any of our other literary contributors, though it may tickle our readers.) Through the sleep-sequestered slits of my heavier-than-Iead
World’s Worst Sentence Read More »
Farewell, Kay—Welcome, Shelley! Kay Davis, the Editor of our Lakeside Living column for the past three years, has decided to move on to other challenges. Her cheerful attitude and professional manner has long made her a favorite with both the public as well as her colleagues here at the Ojo. Moreover, Kay has always been
Farewell, Kay—Welcome, Shelley! Read More »
No Idle Retirement Here! By Tommy Clarkson Recently, for 107 days, with my once, Manzanillo, sun-burned, nose placed against the proverbial grindstone and formerly, retina-detached eye struggling for focus on the ball, I was back in the yoke of work. And though this time constituted grueling seven day work weeks of 12+ hour days,
No Idle Retirement Here! Read More »
ROY NOLAN—Have Movie Camera, Will Travel By Harriet Hart Five minutes in the company of cinematographer Roy Nolan and you know you’re with an enthusiast. His blue eyes twinkle; his smile lights up the room like floodlights on a movie set. Roy, a retired documentary film maker, moved to Lakeside with Margarita in January,
ROY NOLAN—Have Movie Camera, Will Travel Read More »
From Paris To Ajijic By Patsi Krakoff When I was a young model in Paris, my gal pals and I used to lunch on red wine and imagine our lives as old women. Now that this age thing seems to have happened, in spite of all the risks we took (too much wine, too
From Paris To Ajijic Read More »
Fur On The Furniture By Thetis Reeves How do you protect your furniture from dusty-pawed dogs and hair-shedding cats that simply refuse to stay in their place on the floor? Do you spread towels over the seat cushions? Or sheets over the entire chair or sofa? Or drape colorful Mexican spreads from the markets,
Fur On The Furniture Read More »
Tuba By Terry Sovil Manzanillo & Colima’s Culture of the Coconut Tuba: a large, valved, brass wind instrument with a bass pitch? Correct, but the tuba I have in mind is a coastal drink. This drink is made from coconut palm sap and is sweet and pleasant but can be fermented to a type of wine.
By Shelley Edson Phone: 376 – 765 – 4049 Email: Shelley.el.ojo@gmail.com September 2011 PAST EVENTS: Congratulations to all of the winners at the August CASA meeting. The presentation categories were Category A: Moroccan/Middle East Main Dish, and Category B: 3 Ingredient Dessert Challenge (with fruit, nuts and a liqueur). The decisions were difficult as there were so
Lakeside Living – September 2011 Read More »
From Russia To Mexico With Kettlebells By Ron Krayewski When you thought that the latest hi-tech exercise machine had arrived at your health club, the truth is that the best conditioning apparatus was in the free weight area, where the seasoned veterans congregate. The kettlebell or girya, is a cast iron cannonball with an
From Russia To Mexico With Kettlebells Read More »
