UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer Paradigm Pioneers In last month’s column, I discussed the importance of paradigms which sometimes limit and restrict our ability to look at problems and issues clearly. People who develop the ability to think in new ways often develop powerful new ways of thinking. It’s easy to conceptualize, but […]
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson The Ajijic Valentine Tournament this year was once again a great success and even set an attendance record. Played over 4 days in the Real de Chapala Hotel, the event attracted players from as far away as the US and Canada, as well as a very strong
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Op-EdBy Maggie Van OstrandThe Naked Oscar The Oscars will be telecast March 7th, and I wonder if anyone will finally be the first to walk the red carpet naked instead of just being naked on film. That way, they won’t have to stop and talk about who designed their clothes. And it would be much
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Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by M.A. Porter A Challenge To Think “I said hey Señorita, that’s astute. Why don’t we get together and call ourselves an institute.” — Paul Simon So here we all are, living la vida loca in Mexico, while up north the USA has a huge national debt and our annual
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Night Shift Nyc By Allen McGill Nearly midnight, silence beyond the glass barrier that separates me from the world below. I watch the lava flow dwindle to swift-moving sparks, limning parallel river drives heading south; tunnel-swallowed where they meet. Illuminated webs spread erratically between, moving at the whims of amber, red and green. Spastic
The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconcemsconce@gmail.com A Passion for Pushkin (1799-1837) This month’s featured poet is Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s most famous bard and a man for whom I have enormous respect and brotherly love. My passion for Pushkin began 17 years ago on a freezing February morning in Moscow when Tamara, my guide, showed
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Martha Aceves: A Life Loved In Two Cultures By M.A. Porter When Martha Lule de Aceves smiles at you, a flower blooms. She and husband Alfredo live in the prettiest house on our Ajijic street, built five years ago in an elegant design that captures both the glory of Mexican tradition and the best
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ZEN FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY 1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set. 2. A day without sunshine is like, night. 3. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 4. I just got lost in thought. It was not familiar territory. 5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up
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HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH By Doctor Manuel Cordova Transgenics (Gmo’s)What’s It All About?Part II In the 90s, the food technology industry worked very hard to develop new methods to produce better appearance and yield from agricultural products. The result was a new form of genetic manipulation in the food industry and a new concept
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STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.tmdjmcordova1204@yahoo.comwww.mdjmcordova.com376-766-2777 “Stress—The Other Killer”Part II Recognizing Stress…. Occasionally, these changes are so gradual that you or others around you may not recognize them until your health or relationships change. As with the physical symptoms described earlier, you may not recognize such emotional changes for what they really
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