CHILD of the month By Barb Corol Rogelio Lara Huerta Rogelio and his family live in Potrerillos, Jocotopec. Mom, Ana Sofia Huerta Verdia and dad, Reyes Lara Ornelas brought Rogelio to Niños Incapacitados in May of 2011 at which time they were accepted into our program. Ana Sofia told us that in February, Rogelio
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The Lament By Gale Griffth (I Can’t Catch Mosquitoes Anymore) It never was a contest. From the time I was a youngster, living the country life every summer at our cottage, the mosquitoes in my native Canada didn’t stand a chance! I was energetic, swift and accurate and I practiced two methods of attack. My
The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Charles Baudelaire(1821-1867) Alert readers of this column know that the Classic Poets I’ve featured are near synonymous with their respective countries: Yeats/Ireland; Lord Byron/England; Pushkin/Russia; Goethe/Germany; Dante/Italy; _______/France? Yes, who best represents France? Let’s see if we can put a face on Belle France. You’ve got Victor Hugo,
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The Lakeside Science Fair Program Hank Shiver, Louis Regalado, Todd Stong and Charlie Smith are working with Lakeside high schools to develop science fair projects of high enough quality to participate in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). There are currently Lakeside science fairs but none which competes at the ISEF level. ISEF
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess Teaching the Basic Heel The final step of our basic off leash “lure and reward” training is to teach Shep to heel off leash with a simple hand signal. As you see in the first photo we have Shep on our left side (as I explained
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Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Geiger The Otter Cat If you ask someone to name a wild cat they will probably say a tiger or a lion. Much lesser known than other wild felines is the jagurundi; this small agile wildcat is native to Mexico, Central America and the northern and central countries of
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Special Announcement Our 17th Annual Writers’ Awards Luncheon shall be held on the 13th of September, 12 noon, at the Tango Restaurant in Ajijic. All those writers who contributed (sorry, Letters to the Editor are not included) to our pages from October 2010 through September 2011 are cordially invited to attend and encouraged to
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC Stolen Goods I was really looking forward to vacation and finally it was time. Got up at 3:30 am for an early flight and arrived in Portland ten hours later, tired but glad to be there. Within 15 minutes, the glad-bubble burst as we received a phone
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Letter to the Editor Congratulations and thank you for a great message (Editor’s Page-August) that should be required reading for at least 300,000,000 people living just north of El Rio Bravo. Art Hess Ajijic Dear Sir: I want to congratulate you on your analysis (Editor’s Page-August issue) of the main cause of “Uncle Sam’s”
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com Reconsidering Marx Is it a good time to reconsider the philosophy of Karl Marx? Of course, this may seem counterintuitive. After all, wasn’t Karl Marx responsible for the failed Communist systems in the former USSR, Red China, North Korea, etc? Well yes, and no. He was a philosopher living
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