The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconcemsconce@gmail.com A Passion for Pushkin (1799-1837) This month’s featured poet is Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s most famous bard and a man for whom I have enormous respect and brotherly love. My passion for Pushkin began 17 years ago on a freezing February morning in Moscow when Tamara, my guide, showed […]
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Martha Aceves: A Life Loved In Two Cultures By M.A. Porter When Martha Lule de Aceves smiles at you, a flower blooms. She and husband Alfredo live in the prettiest house on our Ajijic street, built five years ago in an elegant design that captures both the glory of Mexican tradition and the best
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ZEN FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY 1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set. 2. A day without sunshine is like, night. 3. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 4. I just got lost in thought. It was not familiar territory. 5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up
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HERE’S TO YOUR HEALTH By Doctor Manuel Cordova Transgenics (Gmo’s)What’s It All About?Part II In the 90s, the food technology industry worked very hard to develop new methods to produce better appearance and yield from agricultural products. The result was a new form of genetic manipulation in the food industry and a new concept
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STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.tmdjmcordova1204@yahoo.comwww.mdjmcordova.com376-766-2777 “Stress—The Other Killer”Part II Recognizing Stress…. Occasionally, these changes are so gradual that you or others around you may not recognize them until your health or relationships change. As with the physical symptoms described earlier, you may not recognize such emotional changes for what they really
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Embracing Mortality By Dilia Suriel During a survey of what people fear most public speaking came in first, death came in second. While this conveys the terror toward public speaking, “death” remains forbidden. To clear a party simply mention “dying.” It is tantamount to social suicide. Let’s start with religion. It has been stated
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum Kitten season has arrived in high gear at Anita’s sanctuary. By the number of arrivals last month, you would think there was a “ maternity ward “or “ vacancy ” sign posted outside . Within just 10 days in May, 12 pregnant cats arrived, so far along in their
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A BOY CALLED MOHAMMED By Fred Mittag Bob Herbert of the New York Times wrote a piece that makes a normal stomach feel like throwing up breakfast. It’s about a boy named Mohammed Jawad who was seized in Afghanistan when he was – well, nobody knows how old he was. Some guessed his age at
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Signs of Global Warming at Lakeside By Ed Tasca It seems as though everywhere on the planet you look these days, weather patterns are changing, and climates, once predictable, suddenly turn on you like a bad drunk. Given the predictably near-perfect nature of Lakeside weather, is it possible that global warming can disrupt in
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Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Geiger The Old Man’s Head Everyone is familiar with Mexico’s little burros sporting a sombrero or the green iguanas with a colorful serape, but when one ventures beyond the tourist zones, you have a chance of seeing some truly amazing animals you’ve probably never heard of. One such
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