Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: I’m sure you know that Mt. Kilimanjaro is in Tanzania, not Kenya. If you are on a train between Nairobi and Mombasa, at a certain spot you can see Mt. Kilimanjaro to the south and Mt. Kenya to the north………a wondrous sight! Nancy Hagen P.S. What I like
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THE OJO INTERNET MAILBOX (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issue.) MEXICO—Better And Healthier Than People Think! DREARLE Nice to read something positive. I get tired of the US State Department bulletins. People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. Because of State Department bulletins, Holland American, Princess and Disney Cruise
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Lois Schroff—Painter, Philosopher, and Mentor Lois Schroff , a master artist, has enriched life at Lakeside with her profound understanding of color and the spiritual nature of the arts. This quiet, reflective, socially-minded woman daily continues to work at the cutting edge of human understandings of color as
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Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com August 2011 PAST EVENTS: At the June meeting of the Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA), the presentation categories were: Seafood/Fish Entree (Category A) and Complementary Side Dish (Category B). Congratulations to the winners in Category A: 1st Place – Diane
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Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “The Tea Horse Road” One of the magazines I like a lot is the Buddhist magazine, Shambhala Sun. In the current issue (July) is a book review that combines two other things I like a lot: tea and horses. The just published book, by Michael Freeman
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Viva la Vida LocaBy Sergio Drumond SERGIO DRUMOND is an artist, theologian and writer. Born in Brazil, he worked in Europe and Asia as a book illustrator, cartoonist, painter and animator. He also lived in the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, teaching art as well as helping NGOs with social and relief work. He and his
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Things that crawl While contemplating our move to Mexico, there was one thing that gave both my husband and I pause. It wasn’t the “violence,” or learning the language… it was things that crawl. OK, grin if you will, but we’re from Minnesota. Land of 10,000 Lakes, and
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CHILD of the month By Barb Corol Diego Antonio Jimenez Barragan It’s difficult to imagine that this handsome little boy’s life was almost over before it began. Born November 8, 2005, Diego would be diagnosed with Myelomeningocele. His loving parents, mom Silvia Barragan Garcia and dad Cristino Jimenez Cortez,
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) In keeping with my pledge to seek out famous poems that treat of love and death, I offer up this month Dante Alighieri, Italy’s greatest poet, still read diligently nearly seven centuries after his passing. Maria Paola of Ajijic, recalls how students wanting to attend
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum If you look up the word: commitment, several words immediately come up: promise, pledge, dedication, loyalty, faithfulness, etc. Taking a cat or dog into your household to become a family member is a commitment. It should not be an impulsive decision, but a thought-out plan, considering factoring of future
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