THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood Europe Points The Way   The Versailles Treaty of 1919 simply set the stage for World War II. But after two devastating wars in a generation former adversaries set out to curtail national sovereignty that a continent torn by war forever might war no more. In 1951 key […]

Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com December 2009      Events are listed by date, like a calendar: past events, then those planned for the future. Some organizations offer multiple events or dates, and these items appear toward the end of the column.      In October CASA, the Culinary Arts Society

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Business Hours   The handwritten sign on the door says “Cerrado.” Sometimes there is no sign at all. Many stores, restaurants, and other businesses here have posted hours, but that seems to be all for show. When I first moved to Mexico, shopping sometimes seemed an insurmountable challenge. I

Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Paths of Empowerment   There are more paths to sobriety than I have fingers to count them on, and comments I’ve received recently tell me there is great interest in alternatives to the traditional Alcoholics Anonymous program. One of my favorites is the “New Life” Program

OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynes The Power Of Appreciation   “Sometimes our light goes out but is blown again into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.” Albert Schweitzer: With the Holidays fast approaching, I’d like to

UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The Devil Is in What We Take for Granted!   Assumptions get a bad rap.  How many times have you heard the admonition, “Don’t assume anything?” When we make assumptions, the thinking goes, we are liable to leave important things undone or, worse, not anticipate troublesome complications. You may have

BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson   Among the many decisions made at the duplicate bridge table, adjusting your bidding in accordance with how well (or badly!) your game is going is sometimes among them. In a club game at the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club, after three passes, herself, sitting South, opened the

Op-EdBy Maggie Van OstrandThe Crookedest Christmas Tree There’s something obscene with spending so much money at Christmastime. It’s not like we’re the Three Wise Men hiking across the desert to gift the baby Jesus. I don’t even know what frankincense is, let alone myrrh. So let’s get down to the important stuff, like the Christmas

Editor’s PageBy Alejandro GrattanRemembering A Christmas Past—and Ray Rigby For those unfamiliar with Ray’s background, he had served with the British Eighth Army in North Africa during World War II. Later, using his wartime adventures as an anvil, he hammered out a novel called The Hill. His screen-play of the same story starred Sean Connery,