Welcome to México! By Victoria Schmidt Things that crawl While contemplating our move to Mexico, there was one thing that gave both my husband and I pause. It wasn’t the “violence,” or learning the language… it was things that crawl. OK, grin if you will, but we’re from Minnesota. Land of 10,000 Lakes, and maybe […]
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson In all walks of life successful people usually rely on some form of mentoring to help them on their way. Bridge is no exception – the more opportunities you have to play with (and against) experts, the better your chance of reaching a good level yourself. Many
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A HAPPY MAN—Harry’s Story By Sydney Gay —Part One— Eight doctors studied the MRI of Harry’s brain, large black areas indicated irreversible damage, “In his condition brain exercises won’t help much, your husband is on his last battery, make him as comfortable as possible.” Who would have guessed a gas leaf blower could do
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His Name Was Klaus By Tom Eck His name was Klaus—Klaus Wohland. It was an unusual name in our little southern California Catholic grammar school, filled with O’ Brien’s, Shaughnessy’s and O Callaghan’s, with a sprinkling of Moreno’s and Garcia’s. Klaus came to our seventh-grade class from Germany. He was a full head taller
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com July 2018 READ THIS FIRST Bravo! Theatre is presenting an encore of Visiting Mr. Green on Saturday, July 7 and 14 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 8 and 15 at 4 pm. These four performances are a benefit in memory of Phil Shepherd and his contributions
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Early Trauma By John Ward At seven years of age I was still at the convent of St. Mary in Manzini, Swaziland. I was in the third grade having skipped ahead due to having erudite parents. My education at the Convent had been fun and fruitful. I loved my classes and was in love
First Love By Mikel Miller He was getting ready to sell the big old house after his wife’s death, and cleaning out the walk-in closet. The musty smell of boxes filled the room as he opened a grocery sack of school yearbooks and thumbed through one to his class page. The face of his
The Immortality Of Henrietta Lacks By Robert James Taylor Henrietta Lacks, an African American, a mother of five children, died on October 4th 1951 at the age of 31, and was buried in obscurity, in an unmarked grave in Baltimore. But not all of Henrietta died that day. Weeks before, she suffered abdominal pains
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Members Wanted! The Ajijic Writers Group, founded in 1988, is looking for new members. Two qualifications: an interest in writing and critical thought. No entry fee, no dues, very few rules. We meet the first and third Fridays of each month, 10AM at the New Posada in Ajijic, with luncheon at noon in the
Unforgivable By Janice Wilberg The kids in the orphanage in Nicaragua where we adopted three children didn’t cry. They’d already done their crying someplace else. They might have looked concerned but they didn’t cry when passed from one person to the next like a bowl of mashed potatoes being passed at Thanksgiving dinner. In
