Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com Before   The Tepehua Community Center was introduced to the Cement Stove by FWOP (Future Without Poverty) organization. Designed for Third World Countries, it is a stove to replace open wood fires that are so dangerous to cook on.  It is relatively cheap to build, wood […]

Thriller In Ajijic   You might wonder what the mega star, Michael Jackson, who once ruled the airwaves and dance floors around the world and Jasmine, a young girl with special needs living in Mexico have in common. It’s the universal joy that music and dance bring to everyone regardless of language, money, or learning

Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC Making the Most of Change   As I work through the huge task of packing up my entire house and settling into another house here at Lakeside, I can’t help but thinking a lot about change and transitions. Though the two terms are often used interchangeably, change

Hooray For Women’s Fashions! By Margie Keane   I have to tell you, I’m so happy about many of the changes in women’s clothing. I’m happy I’ve lived long enough to enjoy the freedom of fashions today. No more girdles or garter belts. How would you like to have been cinched into to one of

Two Of Mexico’s Most Successful Foreign-Supported   As of September 1st, Programa Pro Niños Incapacitados Del Lago and Amistad Canada are entering into a project partnership that strengthens their abilities to benefit sick and disabled children and their families in the Lake Chapala region of Jalisco. Amistad Canada (Amistad) is a registered Canadian charity that

The Bears Are Crying By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   It was Armistice Day weekend, 1966, and I was a first-year teacher on the Navaho Indian Reservation in New Mexico. A fellow teacher and I decided to go walkabout during the three day weekend. Our travels took us one freezing night to the slope of a

The Enigma Of Mexico’s Plumed Serpent By Ralph F. Graves (Re-Published by Request)   In myth, he was a powerful god-king. In reality, his influence spanned centuries. As a human, he was a kindly priest-ruler. As a deity, he was god of the wind, part bird, part serpent. And in history, his prophesied “return from

From Our Webboard WWW.WEB.CHAPALA.COM QUESTION: What design features make a house comfortable?   sm1mex Have plenty of windows for cross ventilation and the front living side of the house should face the south to get the sun in the winter to take advantage of the heat from the sun and the back non living area