Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger Wildlife Mexico 911 Approx. a month ago we received a call from a local orphanage, “Love in Action.” A staff member had rescued a young cacomistle. Not wanting any harm to come to it she brought it to the orphanage to show the children, and called us
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Find Feathered Friends By John Keeling Influx of Tropical Flycatchers Within the last two years I have seen growing numbers of Social Flycatchers visiting my garden in upper Ajijic. These birds are difficult to distinguish from the commonly occurring ‘Great Kiskadee’ which is well known for its prominent yellow breast and strident kee-ka-deee call.
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THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood Scorecard On Climate Change The recent G8 Summit in Italy made but tiny steps toward setting the stage for December when world leaders gather in Copenhagen under UN auspices to draft a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. G8 Progress: Nay-sayers on the reality
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Missing Mary I miss Mary. Some say she died of a heart attack, someone else said it was complications from diabetes. Whatever took her from our midst, stole away a joyful and generous spirit. Mary sold jewelry. She could be found at most all the “hangouts” of the
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC The Magic of Friendship A friend recently gave me a gift I proudly display on my desk. It is a plaque saying, “A good friend would bail you out of jail, but a true friend would be sitting next to you saying, ‘That was awesome!’”
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OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynes When On Board The Ship Of Faith Rev. Carl Palmer told the story of an elderly couple who were celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary on board a Cruise Ship to Alaska. They had talked about taking such a trip for many years but financially just couldn’t make
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Planting for the Future By Judy Baehr You’re Invited to the Cinderella Ball Plans are afoot for the annual ACÁ Harvest Fair on Saturday, October 17 and Sunday, October 18 at the ACÁ organic farm and Eco Training Center in Jaltepec. Every year is different, except for the Great Greens salad bar and corn
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer Slow Down, Calm Down and…Think As we were watching television the other evening, we saw an advertisement for the umpteenth time featuring a very stricken-looking middle-aged woman talking about a young boy in Africa whose mother had died, leaving him to take care of his three younger brothers,
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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. The bidding on this hand
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Op-Ed By Maggie Van Ostrand Tourism in Ajijic Mexico’s economic downturn may be worse than those of other nations because so much of Mexico’s economy depends on tourism. Mexico City’s solution is the Tourist Assistance Card, offering insurance for medical, legal, and flight delays. Cancun has a problem with no sand on their beaches,
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