LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com October 2019   LET’S GET GONGED TOGETHER This October 10, at 7 pm, 15 amateur Lakeside Karaoke Singers will vie for a big win at Lakeside’s first-ever Gong Show Karaoke. Three music professionals– Cindy Paul, Jimmy Barto and Patrick O’Heffernan– will share the task of eliminating all […]

OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2019 THE 25th OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON   Special Thanks to Abby Rivera, John Ward, Khristine Molly and Mark Sconce for providing the outstanding entertainment, and also to Roberto Ortiz for his superb musical stylings. The latest luncheon which drew well over one hundred people was one of our best ever. To our

Witches’ Revenge By Rico Wallace   Sometimes the sweet witches of Lake Chapala are wicked. It was the day of revenge and they stood around a grumbling pot. “Well, Pearl, any plans?” Glinda asked. “You are a natural beauty.” “Some of it really is natural,” Pearl said. ”Nobody messes with this witch.” She shook her

Take It Off, Take It All Off! By Tom Nussbaum   I fell in love with her in 1970. She was scurrying about her kitchen, wearing matching running shorts and a tank top. Two small children flitted around her legs. It was obvious she was married, but I fell in love with her anyway. It

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Address Unknown By Katherine Kressman TaylorDirected by Bernadette Jones and Jayme Littlejohn   This play, described as a staged reading, marks the opening of a new location for theater in this town. “Bravo!” has moved to Hidalgo 441 in Riberas, and the place is spacious and welcoming. Entertaining and

The Singing Tortoise By An Unknown Contributor   “It is man who forces himself on things, not things which force themselves on him.” The turtle’s song from a West African fairy tale. I come upon a modest turtle in the woods on a smooth stone warmed by the sun, singing praises to her circumstance. Her

SISTERS—A Memoir By Lois Schroff   Do you remember the WWII ballad: I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen? On Monday nights for the year 1943, I was one of the Stage Door Canteen hostesses at their location across from the White House. That meant that I danced and talked (but don’t date!)

TAPALPA: The Land Of Colors By Stephen Stanton   Nestled in a quiet valley on the Tapalpa Mesa, this first “Pueblo Mágico” of Jalisco, Tapalpa, is still the living image of a lifestyle lost and even forgotten by many Mexicans. The quiet cobblestone streets, the traditional architectural style, the aroma of wood stoves and fireplaces

Flight Risk By Tom Nussbaum   Some passengers say it is people who take off their shoes on the airplane. Others say it is loud, drunk passengers. Many flyers complain about plus-size people who spill over onto neighboring seats, invading their space. There are those who become enraged at people who take care of personal

EDGAR CAYCE:America’s Greatest Psychic By Daniel Acuff  Ph.D.   By the time of his death in 1945, Edgar Cayce was perhaps best known for his ability to go into a kind of trance state and correctly identify an illness of someone unknown to him, along with a precise and effective treatment plan. His diagnoses revealed