“Talk Like A Hoosier Pirate” Spanish By Cindy Paul   In my thirty-six years living at Lakeside, I’ve heard hundreds of newly ensconced ex-pats make the same rash promise: “I’m going to learn Spanish this year.”Flushed with excitement and love for a new life and a new culture, they always say this as if learning […]

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Which Provider?   When we first moved to Mexico, people back in Minnesota asked us “What are you going to watch on TV?”Now, that would not be my first question when asking about another country…but, I explained, unlike the United States, they have cable television that had more than

The Girl On The Old Shingled Roof By Carol L. Bowman   “Wait until your father gets home.” Whenever I heard that daunting phrase, a veil of gloom passed over me like an invisible plague. I knew what was coming. I knew that my stomach would do flips at the dinner table and our kitchen

The Gift Of Love     For fifty years I was his wife, Partner, lover and friend for life. We learned that love was ours to give This made our lives a joy to live. Our lives were full of usual things, Like family and all that brings. The good and bad were ours to

Political Masochism By Fred Mittag   Can you imagine a man saying to his hangman, “Here, let me help you tie the noose”? Or somebody without insurance, who needs heart surgery, but is opposed to Obamacare? It happens. Everybody knows the Republicans oppose labor unions, unemployment insurance, safety regulations, and the minimum wage, but still,

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “Every day takes figgering out all over again….”   Mexican poet, writer, diplomat, and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz writes that “Tomorrow, we shall have to invent, once more, the reality of the world.” Indeed, all of us have to invent, each day, “the reality of the

Smelling Memories By Kathy Koches   My little dog cocks her head to one side, her black nose quivering as she detects a scent. I sit wondering what it might be, as the smell is undetectable to me. Something has caught her attention and her tail begins to wag – is it the delicious aroma

Return Of Cabo San Lucas Fiction by Kathy L. Price   “Ow,” Courtney cringed and lifted the strap over her shoulder. This was the worst sunburn, ever. She always used sunscreen, but had not done so that day. After checking into the hotel, they’d hit the bar. Nothing after that was clear but she must

CAROLINA AYALA—A Force of Nature By I.M. Burnen   Living in the Midwest in the early 60’s I woke from a nap one warm June afternoon to discover the top two floors of my home had disappeared.That force of nature, the tornado, had visited me and I responded by immediately moving to London. Not since

LAKESIDE LIVING   Sandy OlsonPhone: 331-283-8529Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com   August 2014   PAST EVENTS THE NAKED STAGE The most recent production of Naked Stage was Mass Appeal, directed by Graham Miller. The cast members were Allen McGill and John Jones. IBPA AWARD Alejandro Grattan has won a Benjamin Franklin Digital Book Silver Award from the Independent