LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis Phone: 376 – 108 – 0278 (or 765 – 3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com June 2013 PAST EVENTS   CASA, the Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic, cancelled the May meeting (a first); instead, they want to tell you more about their organization. CASA was founded in 1986 and continues offering […]

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Bards of Bengal Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)   It was my third visit to the State of Bengal and its capital, Calcutta, this time for a brief vacation from my work in Peace Corps/Nepal. Indian friends made clear that Calcutta was India’s culture capital. Literature and poetry, classical music and

Of Ashes…   In such a small unearthly urn Where father’s ashes lay, Can it be that all he learned Will be interred today? Can everything that he discerned Be fitted well within This modest, gilded funeral urn Inscribed with seraphim? An urn so small, so light in weight, How can it hold a man

Father’s Day   This year the Open Circle, a weekly Sunday forum at LCS, invited audience members to submit portraits of their fathers for presentation on Father’s Day. About a dozen submissions were received. Excerpts from three of winners are published here.   MY FATHER By Zofia Barisas My father was born in 1903 in

THE GHOSTS AMONG US By Fred Mittag George Corley Wallace (1919-1998) “Sin and Redemption, Southern Style”     George Wallace was a good man, a Methodist, no less, and a man ahead of his time. But he made a pact with the Devil. The Devil delivered and then exacted his price, including the bombing deaths

Keratoconus By Doctor Gabriel Dery  (Retired) dery2020@hotmail.com   Many patients are unaware of having this vision problem. They consult their eye doctor because of increasing spectacle blur or progressive changes in their glasses prescription. And, as the years go by, the people lose vision, which, finally, will no longer be correctable with eyeglasses. When reaching

MEL GOLDBERG—Author and Literary Critic By Rob Mohr     When I interviewed Mel, I asked him how he would like to be remembered. His answer was typical of his pragmatic approach to life. “As a good friend and as a good father.” “Great,” I thought. “What am I supposed to do with that in

A Forgotten Beach Resort By Douglas Langley   The forgotten village of Cuyutlan on the Pacific Coast was the playground for wealthy people from Guadalajara who rode the train to enjoy the volcanic sand beach lined with colourful umbrellas and restaurants offering fresh camarones.  Today Cuyutlan is deserted during the week; however, thousands of Mexicans

Letter’s to the Editor     Dear Sir:  I debated with myself for several days before ultimately deciding to offer this additional correction to Dr. Swinehart’s rendition of Texas history, fearing that it might be misconstrued as a personal confrontation – which it is not. I am merely interested in providing your readers with correct