Veteran’s Day By Robert Drynan Korean War Memorial, Washington D.C.   A patrol moves silently through the perimeter. The darkness shrouds their movement and the cascading rain muffles their progress. It’s a large patrol, a dozen men, led by a sergeant who has been in the line for eight months. Occasionally lightning in the distance […]

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Lakeside Little Theatre—Breaking News—   The first play of the season, “Lunenburg” by Norm Foster, due to open on November 8, has been cancelled. Evidently, a cast member had a job opportunity in Mexico City and decided to leave the show. Subsequently, another cast member stood down for personal reasons. Thus,

Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt Customer Service in Mexico   One of the things I’ve always tried to avoid is dealing with customer service in any country. Yesterday, it took two telephones, a computer, and four transfers and over one hour to achieve a deposit into my checking account. This was using their “easy

Be Yourself—Everyone Else Is Taken By Michael McManmon   The optimist says the glass is half full, the pessimist says the glass is half-empty, and the person with Asperger’s or autism says the glass is made of silicon melted and formed into a shape to hold liquids for humans to drink. The analytical brain of

The Coon Hunt At Maple Grove By Linda Hunt   “It’s an awful night out tonight! Fog, drizzle, just awful!” my wife, Lyddie sighed. “The sap will be runnin’. Our buckets will be full come morning. Coons will be running tonight.” “Don’t go out hunting in this. You’ll catch your death of cold. You won’t

“To The Moon, Alice!” By Judy Dykstra-Brown   On The Honeymooners, “Ralph Kramden” (played by Jackie Gleason) had a phrase that those of us of a certain age can’t help but remember.  “To the moon, Alice, to the moon!” he would rasp at his wife (played by the inimitable Audrey Meadows) whenever he had no

Creating True Friendships By Barbara Hildt   We all need and want true friends. A few good friends are more valuable to us than having dozens or even hundreds of “friends” in Facebook. A true friend is someone you can count on being there for you when you’re in need or feeling down. The friend

LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.com Phone: 33-2506-7525 November 2019   LITTLE LAKESIDE THEATRE —Breaking News— The first play of the season, “Lunenburg” by Norm Foster, due to open on November 8, has been CANCELLED. Please go to page 26 for more info. WHAT’S COMING UP NEXT AT LLT Here is the lineup, and starting

Ancient Traditions — New Hands By Marianne Carlson   Many Mexican artisan families have had to face the difficult challenge of their next generation not wishing to continue in the family’s folk art tradition. The new generation can see the difficult life ahead with all the new challenges Mexican folk art has had to adapt

A Surprising Tenderness By Sydney Gay   There were two interesting men in my neighborhood: Will was addicted to alcohol, he sneered when spoken to, argued over small things, his children were unhappy and his wife look worried. The other neighbor, Sam, remains more deeply in my mind. A good-humored man with seven children, his