May 2013

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess Forget the Problem—Concentrate on the Solution!      In this part we will work on the solution for the first two problems we mentioned, running to the door and barking, and begging at the table, because the solutions are the same. I ascribe to the process of […]

Graffiti Busters Winning The Battle!      Have you noticed any graffiti in Ajijic or Chapala lately? The answer is probably, “No”. That would not have been the case a couple of years ago. Ajijic and Chapala were both saturated with the ‘Urban Art.’  In fact, it was hard to go a block or two in

CHILD            of the month Rich Petersen José Adrián Chavarría Reyes     This smiling face belongs to 9-year old José Adrián Chavarría Reyes. José Adrián lives in Ajijic with his parents and two siblings, an older brother and a younger sister. Mom, Silva, is a housewife and Dad, Noé, is a carpenter. A year and

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “Not so long ago….”     In one more year my dear old dad (James Robert Tipton) will be one-hundred years old! He was born in August of 1914, a month after World War I began. Wyatt Earp was still alive. I was born in January of

PROFILING TEPEHUA  By Moonyeen King Part Five   Tepehua Centro Comunitario, Chapala is trying to keep the privacy of cultures, religions, dignity of Indigenous peoples intact. We are not there to change beliefs or dictate—but to bring about change through education. Using world knowledge to blend and form a stronger middle class. All societies gain

SHAME By Neil McKinnon        The Olympic Games in London caused me to rethink my position on apologies. I now realize that alone they are meaningless. In order to be significant an apology must be accompanied by excruciating, overwhelming, gut-wrenching shame. This was brought home to me by the awe-inspiring contrition of Paula Findlay,

LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis376-765-3677 (cell: 331-171-1681) (or 765-3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com May 2013 PAST EVENTS   Sent to us by a concerned North Shore resident, this photo shows fires blazing on the south shore, driven by the wind. On the same day Chapala Civil Protection and Fire Department chief Arturo Rivera revealed that

Letter’s to the Editor     To the Attention of Paul Jackson I was very surprised by your article and assessment of Stephen Harper. You appear to be wearing rose-colored glasses. This man has put the party ahead of the country and systematically squashed democracy after promising transparency. His mode of operation is to push