MAX BIRD—My Life Translated by Janice Kimball Today, I am the public relations director of Aztec Art Studios in Ajijic Mexico. I strive to be a good bird as my position makes that imperative, and have only bitten a few people. I originally came from an area in Mexico where wildlife is protected, I
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The Ten Tenors Of Upper Ajijic By Micki Wendt It all started one October Friday around dusk. A bunch of young guys arrived next door, probably after work, and started sitting around drinking, talking, and laughing. As the tequila warmed things up the laughter got more and more hysterical and I went out to
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Dear Sir, As expected, the Lakeside Tea Party has not responded to my questions in your July 31 issue about their platform, leading us to believe they really have no answers for the issues facing US voters today. Or, perhaps they are only as coherent as their goddess, Sarah Palin.
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Jim Cook’s Mexico Adventure By C Jordan English I enjoyed an afternoon with Jim Cook discussing the roots of his photo-documentary travels in Mexico with his lovely wife Carole. He mentioned an urge to retire early while still young plus juggling unaffordable health care Stateside. He had been a union organizer in Oregon. He
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A Particular Blue By Michael Warren A Review by James Tipton Michael Warren, who is best known to Lakesiders for his theatre reviews in El Ojo del Lago and for occasionally reading some of his well-crafted poems at local poetry venues (and recently at Open Circle), has just published his first collection of poetry…a
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Magnificent Mazamitla By Kay Davis It started with a travel article on day trips you simply must do. Maybe it is truly one of those places you don’t want to miss, and maybe someone wants to promote tours. We didn’t know which, but when the weather is particularly hot here, a mountain retreat sounds
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Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt A Visit to a Farmacia While standing in one of those endless lines at a pharmacy in Guadalajara, I entertained myself by watching people. This pharmacy is attached to a small laboratory that manufactures a special medication my husband must have. But it is also a neighborhood pharmacy,
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CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Ulises Saúl Guerrero Velázquez What a great name, eh? This is 8-year-old Ulises Saúl Guerrero Velázquez. Ulises lives in Ixtlahuacán with his parents and three siblings. Mom, María Guadalupe, is a housewife and also does sewing and alterations. Dad, Saúl, works as a security guard at one
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A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. New Study – Belly Bulge Can Be Deadly For Older Adults Okay – time to take out the tape measure yet again! A new study just published in the Archives of Internal Medicine is downright scary. Guys, if your waist measures 40 inches or
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GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Three Faces of Me After a frightening diagnosis from the dermatologist that I was sporting facial melanomas, I researched my options for removal. The plastic surgeon I consulted reassured me that a face-lift and peel would remove them and the ravages of too many summers in the Florida
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