WE NEED YOUR HELP!   Getting old, infirm and being without adequate financial resources can be the final indignity of life. There aren’t many services here for the elderly in those circumstances. Casa de Ancianos is the only non-profit home for the elderly, and is a safe port in a storm for those of limited, […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR   Dear Sir: As a three year resident of Ajijic, I am writing to support the opinion of Randy Kent is his Letters to the Editor. While most of the articles are interesting, amusing, informative, and an enjoyment to read, I find that the political slant has become extreme, boring, and

Find Feathered Friends By Allen C. Turner and Judy Boyd  Field Ornithologists Mockingbirds: Pirates of the High Cs   “Tra la la, tweedle dee dee dee It gives me a thrill To wake up in the morning To the mockingbird’s trill … On Mockingbird Hill” —Vaughn Horton Gray with two white wingbars, the Northern Mockingbird

AS I SEE IT By Henri Loridans A Grand Dilemma   It is estimated that there are between ten and twenty million people who are residing illegally in the United States of America. They have come from many countries seeking the American Dream. Most are honorable people, but they are illegal nevertheless. The problem has

OVERHEARD SOMEWHERE IN THE AFGHANI DESERT As Told to John Ward   I am a Moscus Domesticus, also known as a household fly, although I prefer the Latin name for reasons of self-esteem. One day, in the early fall of 2008, I was carried aloft into the sky by a mighty wind. I was helpless

Those Who Forget History… By Fred Mittag   With some arrogance, we ignored the lesson from history that the French experience in Vietnam should have taught us. The French tried to warn us and we laughed at them because—well, they’re French. The result of our disdain was well over a million Vietnamese deaths, 58,000 American

Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger Gentle Giants   Many people are avid bird watchers. However, time spent observing wildlife is not just limited to birds, whether it is that adorable hummingbird in your garden or something much larger. This time of year is a great time to head to the coast and spend

SPEAKING OF THE LAKE By beto muñoz   Everyday, busy life, with its worries and concerns about earning our daily livelihoods, sometimes blinds us and stops us from seeing existing relationships between what we do and the environment in which we’re developing. Every little action that we carry out affects, in one way or another,

CATARACTS– Is there a Cure? By Rob Mohr   “Rob, where are we going?” asked my wife as we drove south from Asheville to Brunswick, Georgia last December. “To Charleston and then down I-95 to Brunswick.” “Well, we are now going north on I-77 toward Charlotte.” “Uh, I thought the sign said Charleston.” As I

ORDER IN THE COURT? By Jim Rambo   (Ed. Note: This is the second in a short series of columns about the author’s experiences over his long career as a prosecutor up in the “old country.”) The Judge Sums Up During jury selection in a murder trial before Judge Carl Goldstein, the prospective jurors were