Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes Worldwide Fighting Championship The report is not rosy. The virus appears to be getting the best of mankind. We are still in the early rounds of the global fight. We now know that we have been in this battle for longer than initially thought, back to December of […]
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Mirror To The Universe —Create Great Art By Rob Mohr “Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life.”“Music is the mediator between the spiritual and sensual life.” —Ludwig van Beethoven Living at Lakeside, the urge to create art with paint, words, or music is often overpowering. Excited, artists begin their creative endeavors
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“Friluftsliv” Space From Other People And Living In The Moment By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “The world today is sick to its thin blood for lack of elemental things, for fire before the hands, for water welling from the earth, for air, for the dear earth itself underfoot.” Henry Beston The Outermost House A short time
Nezahualcoyotl By David Ellison Nezahualcoyotl was born about a century before Cortés’ conquest, the heir-apparent to the city-state of Texcoco, on the eastern side of the lake by the same name. However, when he was fifteen, he witnessed his father, the king, murdered by an invading tribe, and spent the next decade in precarious
Living is no Laughing Matter A book review by Herbert W. Piekow The complete title of Dr. Michael Hogan’s 27th book is, Living is no Laughing Matter: A Primer on Existential Optimism. Certainly in the best of times living takes courage, commitment, and a bit of whimsy to live a full life. No one
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Return Of The Orchid Salesman By Janice Kimball The man had once stood in the woman’s Chapala garden offensively shaking handfuls of wild orchid plants before her as if they were rattles. After moving her live-in gallery to West Ajijic twelve years later, she encountered him again. He was dodging between the cars pulling
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Ramblings From The Ranch During difficult times organizations throughout the world suffer greatly as they continue trying to raise operating money without the ability to create events or do personal outreach. As many Lakeside residents know The Ranch has held some spectacular gatherings in the past that were fun, different and raised a significant
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LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 January 2021 “What makes people good communicators is, in essence, an ability not to be fazed by the more problematic or offbeat aspects of their own characters.” Alain de Botton Our local arts and theatre community continues to struggle under the state mandated Covid-19 protocols. Many are
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Why You Should Get A Cat In The New Year (The Tao of Cat) By Don Beaudreau wbeaudreau@aol.com I was a “dog person” before moving to Mexico and the thought of living with a cat of any age (my age or the cat’s), but particularly a feline just beginning its romp through life was
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com As the world struggles against water scarcity, the UN estimates in 2050 there will be 9.7 billion people. 52% will live in water-stressed regions MIT researchers (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) predict, water scarcity being a natural and a human made phenomenon. WIKIPEDIA: “The
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