Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Lessons Learned I had an abrupt education on the lifestyle of some of the less fortunate families in our neighborhood in one of our first homes in Mexico. Our bedroom window looked out over the top of the wall, which separated our property from our neighbors, and we
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Hearts at Work —A Column by Jim Tipton Can You Walk a 1000 Miles? Lakeside with its lovely little villages, its malecons, its gentle mountains, and its wonderful climate, is a walker’s paradise. One need nothing more than a good pair of shoes. We have all read that walking is good for us, that
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Notes From Nestipac By Phyllis Rauch The Call of the Cicadas This time of year, one of the most distinctive sounds, overriding even the propane gas truck’s “zeta zeta zeta gas”, is the ear-splitting, nerve grating call of the Mexican giant cicada: chic-chic-chic-chic-chic-EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Visiting a recently transplanted retiree to Mexico, I asked the white-haired
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Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com August2009 Events are listed by date, like a calendar: past events, then those planned for the future. Some organizations offer multiple events or dates, and these items appear toward the end of the column. July 3 Chapala Country Club members and guests
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The World of Wine By Ceci Rodriguez What About Screw Caps? In the last 5 years, we can find in the market a lot of wines sealed with screw caps. Many people don’t purchase them because they think that these are bad quality wines. This may be because we are used to seeing coolers
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THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood Revising The Dream — I perceive a glimmer of light breaking through the dark clouds of the current recession. Might radical changes in both personal and public priorities revamp The American Dream and new values transform societies everywhere? The prudence of the depression generation was succeeded by
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Dangerous Liaisons Do you know anyone who leaves you feeling like you’ve just braved a tornado after spending time with them? Or maybe you realize you’re dreading today’s lunch date with a friend even though the last time you went you swore you’d never do
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer It’s Easy to Identify a False Cause So here’s the problem. You hear a report on television that a new study has found that people who take a daily multivitamin live longer than people who do not. “Wow,” You exclaim, “I better start taking a multivitamin” Simple, right?
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CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Abraham Emiliano Ramírez Rivera While many of the children helped by Niños Incapacitados del Lago live with diseases and maladies known to most all of us, our Child of the Month this time was born with not one, but two, syndromes unknown to any of us in
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Planting For The Future By Judy Baehr Unforeseen Events I used to think retirement would be a predictable time of life. I would live in a rose-covered cottage by the sea, bake scones, and take long walks into town. Old friends and offspring would visit at predictable times, work would occupy predictable morning hours,
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