The World of Wine By Ceci Rodriguez Wine and Health Luis Pasteur once said, “The wine is the most hygienic of the beverages” but besides that, wine has lots of healthy properties. This is why doctors in many countries are suggesting their patients drink one glass of red wine every day. Chemical and food […]
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Notes From Nestipac By Phyllis Rauch One Enchanted Evening in Mexico Most of us living at Lake Chapala, whether ex-pats, snowbirds or tourists, are aware of how lucky we are to spend weeks, months or years in this uniquely blessed part of the world. As anywhere else, we may run into occasional snags and
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Letting Go Recently, I was reminded of some important wisdom from my dog. Not my clever dog, mind you, but the one we now fondly refer to as Dope on a Rope. Both dogs love to swim, and so we walked them to the lake
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer So Why Do We Reward Those Who Oversimplify? Ihave always been somewhat of a political junkie. I loved to watch the political conventions and the presidential debates. I became involved with political campaigning when I was young, and I have always been interested to read what our politicians
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CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Ricardo García Estrada This is 12-year old Ricardo García Estrada. What a smile, right? Ricardo lives in Chapala with his parents, Rosa, a housewife, and José Manuel, a meat cutter. He has two younger siblings, José Manuel, age 8, and Dulce Valeria, age 1. About 18 months
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson Ken Masson has been playing, teaching and writing about bridge for 35 years. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, Ken has been living in Toronto since 1967. He and his wife and bridge partner, Rosemarie, are now in their third year wintering in Lakeside. General guidelines for bidding small
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Planting For The Future By Judy Baehr Drinking for Your Health Cool salads of fresh organic vegetables grown locally by ACÁ make great meals this time of year. Many of us enjoy our salads accompanied by a glass of wine, and we’ve heard red wine is particularly beneficial. Unfortunately, the most common cause of
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THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood Sharing A Continent President Obama’s first state visit on February 19th, was to America’s northern neighbor and most significant trading partner. He and Prime Minister Stephen Harper discussed key issues and started building a relationship. He also met with the leader of the Official Opposition, the Prime
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FRONT ROW CENTER By Michael Warren This musical comedy is a revival of the 1948 classic by Cole Porter, a play within a play with Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew providing an Elizabethan interlude to the romantic and mostly silly storyline. The key is Cole Porter’s music and clever lyrics, and this cast does
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A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Tap Your Way To Freedom!“EFT offers great healing benefits”—Deepak Chopra, MD Sandy K. was terrified of heights. In just two sessions of EFT her fear was gone! She could climb up and down ladders like a pro. Andy R. suffered with chronic back pain.
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