FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself”     Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the pre-eminent Twentieth Century U.S. president, perhaps the pre-eminent man of the century, the descendent of Hudson Valley patroons, a privileged aristocrat, whose sympathies lay with the common […]

PROFILING TEPEHUA By Moonyeen King Part Seven   Thoughts of responsibility at age ten through 16 are non-existent in barrios like Tepehua. Very few young are looking into the future, wondering where they are going or what heights can they climb. They have no role models. They do not dream. What is the point? They

Ain’t Life Grand! By Jack Fink   CRIMINAL GENIUS AT WORK: A robber went into a convenience store and put a $20 bill on the counter, asking for change. When the clerk opened the register, the customer pulled a gun and demanded the contents. The clerk obliged and the thief fled. However, he just happened

LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis 376-765-3677 (cell: 331-171-1681) (or 765-3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com July 2013 PAST EVENTS   June 2 Charlie Klestadt of Cruz Roja was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver. The word has been passed along, but we want everyone to know so that if you can visit him at Ajijic Hospital/Clinic.

Some Ruminations On Proust By Jim Tuck   Magnicide is defined as the killing of a prominent person, usually, though not always, by an obscure someone anxious to have his or her brief fling with fame. In literature, we have the spectacle of a magnicide that kills not persons but reputations. Tolstoy claimed Shakespeare was

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Li Bo (701-762)and Tu Fu (712-770)   Poets of course festoon every era in every country, kingdom, and dynasty. Consider China!  Ancient China: The Yuan Dynasty, The Ming Dynasty, The Song…Yet how amazing that the two most illustrious poets should emerge from the Tang Dynasty and were contemporaneous

FROM OUR WEBOARD(Entries from various people)One word to describe Mexico!   Adaptable / Fulfilling / Spicy / Bi-polar / Alive / Rising / Mixed-bag / Surrealistic / Home / Irresistible / Unpredictable / Challenging / Enigma / Beautiful / Dicey / Damaged / Raw / Friendly / Longevity / Slow / Finding Itself / Emerging

Bye-Bye Buddy By Sunny Glessner   My eight-year-old computer was dying, and it was worse than losing my beloved dog. After all, I spent more time with my computer than anyone else, and he knew all my intimate secrets. I tried purging his system. I tried defleaing, er.. defragging.  I would have tried byte-to-bite resuscitation

How Mariachi Got Its Name By Bill Dean   Mariachi music is not to be confused with Gregorian chants. Pope Gregory would not have confused the two (even though he is credited with inventing the chants) because mariachi music was unheard of in the 7th century. But some 1000 years later in Mexico – 1852,

PROFILE: WALTER S WHERELL: My GO TO MAN By Elsa R. Wassermanerwasserman@yahoo.com    You may have seen him strolling down 16 de Septiembre after his volunteer stint at LCS, stopping every few steps to acknowledge a former student or someone he had just met.  Possibly you spotted him at the Balneario in San Juan Cosala