AS I SEE IT By Henri Loridans A Review of THE LACUNA By Barbara Kingsolver (Harper Collins 2009) Barbara Kingsolver weaves her historical novel around the fictitious Harrison Shepherd, son of an American father and a Mexican mother. The historical characters he encounters range from Douglas McArthur, Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, Leon Trotsky and
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ANITA’S ANIMALS By Jean Sutherland Pill Popping Pets Before we start, make sure to see our link at the bottom if you would like to pickle your pet’s poop. Seriously. Every month I hope to introduce new pet products that are really innovative. Who amongst us doesn’t dread having to give a pet a
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OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynes Where Do I Go? The word paraclete – as used in the Bible means: “The one called alongside.” That word stood for and continues to stand for Christ’s promise of the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. That term is important no matter what life
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Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger Wee Ones We are all familiar with the common opossum, but not with their cousin the mouse opossum. While they have similarities, they also are very different. Both are very important to a healthy ecosystem; the larger common opossum eats just about anything, helping to clean things
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Different Strokes George Burns once said, “Happiness is having a large, loving, caring, close-knit family in another city.” For some, this belief has brought you clear to another country. Many of us grew up with visions of family as seen in TV shows like “Leave
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The “Heinz Dilemma” and Ethical Development For the last couple of months, I’ve been writing about ethics. I’ll continue this topic this month with ethical development. You may be familiar with Jean Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Children, according to Piaget, go through predictable stages when learning to
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ALL ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT By Dr. Todd Stong Water Supply Around the Lake Lake Chapala water was the primary source of life for pre-historic area communities. Mezcala and San Juan Cosala are examples of such that have existed perhaps for 1000s of years as ruins further up the mountain attest when the lake was
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson Missing a makeable slam is one of the more painful experiences in bridge. Of course, bidding a hopeless slam is not much fun, either! This is an area of bidding that often confounds less experienced players who regularly launch into the Blackwood convention at the slightest hint
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A BALLOON IN CACTUS By Maggie Van Ostrand “Broken Berlitz” While lazily drinking in the Spanish language, courtesy of the PBS Destinos series and U.S. State Department audiotapes, with a little Berlitz for a chaser, it occurred to me how easy a language it is to learn. Spanish is wonderfully simple -you pronounce each
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan Did I Remember to Tell You That I Forgot? A few weeks ago, over coffee at the LCS, I told a pal that I was a little worried about starting to lose what has always been one of my few attributes, an excellent memory. Could this presage the arrival
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