A PILLOW STUFFED WITH DIAMONDS By Margaret Van EveryLibrophilia 2010  150 pesosReview by Karen McConnaughey   Jim Tipton says in his introduction to Margaret Van Every’s delightful book of poems, “Those of us who love poetry have something else to celebrate this year… Margaret’s…collection of tanka, A Pillow Stuffed with Diamonds, [is] a remarkable collection […]

THE DANGER THAT IS RELIGION By John de Waal “The scriptures are infallible. They are the word of God!”   Because of their inflexible belief, religions cannot admit to even the possibility of being in error, though most are based on the limited wisdom of two thousand some years ago. The books are written in

So The Tea Party Is Mad, Eh? Courtesy of Bernie Conroy   We are told by the Tea-Party that they are “mad and can’t take it anymore” and that the rest of us should be too! Folks, we had eight years of Bush and Cheney, but NOW they are getting mad?! They didn’t get mad when

Not all Chest Pain is Cardiac Pain By Mary Molinari, RN   Dorothy panicked, certain she had had a heart attack. A week later, after numerous cardiac tests, she was told her heart was fine. So what happened? Dorothy is one of the 25% of the population who experience chest pain, in some form, during

Peter Morse Moir aka “Pedro Loco”            The Raw Data Born: Sometime in September 1945, somewhere near Halifax, Nova Scotia.  Graduate: Dalhousie Law School Home Town: Vancouver, B.C. Marriage: First wife, Patricia. Second wife, Patricia II. Children: One. Grandchildren: Two. Nickname: Ripped Years in Mexico: Eight Religion: Spiritualist. Favorite Food: Huevos

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt The rains, they will come   The rain birds are singing! It is first sign that the long dry season is about to end. We watch the sky and wonder how soon the rains will come to relieve us from the heat and the dust. There have been thunder

The World of Wine By Ceci Rodriguez Syrah Or Shiraz   Syrah – the classic red grape of the Rhône Valley – has been reinvented by Australian winemakers with so much success that they have given birth to a style of wine that is all their own. They have even given it their own name,

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Change Your Thoughts – Change Your Life   We have so much to learn from our Mexican friends and neighbors – mañana sounds better and better every day! To party, dance, celebrate – live in the moment and not think too much about tomorrow… or

Hearts at Work —A Column by Jim Tipton “The Seven-Day Mental Diet”   When I moved to Lakeside some years ago, I managed to reduce the possessions of sixty years down to what would fit into a little delivery truck, 6’ wide, 6’ high, 7’ long. Boxes of beloved (or what I thought were beloved)

Feathered Friends By John Keeling Vermilion Flycatcher   At Lakeside we see more than two dozen species of flycatchers. Most of them are not brightly colored, and usually the sexes have similar plumage. The vermilion flycatcher, however, is different – the male has a startlingly bright scarlet head and breast, while the female is quite