Acts Of Kindness By Karl Homann As many of you know, despite the dire warnings against any type of travelling during the COVID-19 pandemic, I defied the odds and traveled from Mexico to Kyiv, Ukraine, where I spent a month taking an intensive course in the Russian language. I flew with Lufthansa both
Word Salad By Sally Asante I recently contacted Richard Lederer, linguist, grammarian, author of more than 50 books, and humorist extraordinaire, and told him that my friends at Lakeside were a bit down in the dumps these days. Asked if he could offer any uplifting words, he promptly sent me the following essay. Enjoy.
Communicating For Results From Daniel Acuff, Ph.D. Do you ever wonder why it is that sometimes you seem to be treading water instead of splashing to the finish line of the results you want in your life? Whether the results you are after are in business, in personal relationships, or with goals like losing
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Letters to the Editor July 26, 2020 An Open Letter to El Ojo del Lago To: Victoria A Schmidt, Editor-in-Chief Via email – elojodellago@gmail.com Greetings, As a resident of Lakeside since 2012, I share a deep love for my community with most expats living here. I enjoy living in an area that is diverse
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com Tepehua Centro Comunitario AC is finally taking the plunge and diving headfirst into the potable water business in response to the plight of the villages calling out for help as the people are losing young loved ones to kidney failure. As things stand now the choices
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From the Compilation “The year of Living Dangerously” By John Thomas Dodds que pasó The wonder no longer passes through here the absentee landlords of your uniqueness disembark, assemble your wives and children into cadres of convenience satisfied they return to their corporate havens in the fat and familiar It leaves one looking for
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I Am The One Poetry by John Sacelli I am the Father, I am the Son I am the Mother, I am the Nun I am the Father, I am the Sun I am the Mother, I am the Moon I am the bullet, I am the gun I am the Many, I am
Pulling on the Leash By William Franklin Like the village of Santa Poco in Three Amigos, I too have a skill. I’m good at gaining weight while watching TV. I’ve got it down, it’s an art form and I’ll take my 40 days in the desert—or my 40 days of rain or my 40 days
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Rachel McMillen—A Life of Sea Changes By Keira Morgan A Life in Three Acts Rachel McMillen is a familiar face in the Lakeside community. Many know her from the Introduction to Lakeside course she conducts; or perhaps her Creative Writing course. Or as managing editor of the Lake Chapala Society’s monthly newsletter, Conecciones. In
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Editor’s Page By Victoria A. Schmidt “A house divided against itself cannot stand.”–Abraham Lincoln COVID has infected every country in the world. Every territory. Only Antarctica remains unaffected. I struggle daily reading about and listening to people justifying their refusal to wear a piece of cloth across their nose and mouth in order to
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