Articles 2013

I’VE GOTTA HAVE A HOME! By a Mexican Opossum (Oh, and Carol L. Bowman)   “I’ve gotta have a home and quick, since my due date is fast approaching. The 2013 Honda with Mexican plates, which the gringos drove into the driveway yesterday, had real possibilities. My friends told me that this model is quite […]

MEXICAN  BELIEFS  AND  CURES By Ilse Hoffmann   As a social worker in Mexico I tried for many years to help develop poor communities. Among the many difficulties I encountered were the prevalent beliefs popular among poor people, especially regarding cures and medicine. The first issue I tried to solve was the dirt floors of

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hess   Dog training is the process of modifying the behavior of a dog, either for it to assist in specific activities or undertake particular tasks. If you have been a student of dog training over the past twenty or more years you have encountered things like operant

NO-TALENT-KNOW-IT-ALLS By Addison De Witt   There is a word in German-besserwisser—which translates as “know-it-all”, “wiseacre,” and “pompous ass.” In The Bunker, his perceptive book about the last days of the Third Reich, James O´Donnel shows Adolf Hitler as a classic example of the besserwisser. Late at night, to a paralyzing bored captive audience of

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT AND THE NEW DEAL By Dr. Lorin Swinehart “The Only Thing We Have to Fear is Fear Itself”     Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the pre-eminent Twentieth Century U.S. president, perhaps the pre-eminent man of the century, the descendent of Hudson Valley patroons, a privileged aristocrat, whose sympathies lay with the common

PROFILING TEPEHUA By Moonyeen King Part Seven   Thoughts of responsibility at age ten through 16 are non-existent in barrios like Tepehua. Very few young are looking into the future, wondering where they are going or what heights can they climb. They have no role models. They do not dream. What is the point? They

Ain’t Life Grand! By Jack Fink   CRIMINAL GENIUS AT WORK: A robber went into a convenience store and put a $20 bill on the counter, asking for change. When the clerk opened the register, the customer pulled a gun and demanded the contents. The clerk obliged and the thief fled. However, he just happened

LAKESIDE LIVING Kay Davis 376-765-3677 (cell: 331-171-1681) (or 765-3676 to leave messages) Email: kdavis987@gmail.com July 2013 PAST EVENTS   June 2 Charlie Klestadt of Cruz Roja was seriously injured by a hit-and-run driver. The word has been passed along, but we want everyone to know so that if you can visit him at Ajijic Hospital/Clinic.

Some Ruminations On Proust By Jim Tuck   Magnicide is defined as the killing of a prominent person, usually, though not always, by an obscure someone anxious to have his or her brief fling with fame. In literature, we have the spectacle of a magnicide that kills not persons but reputations. Tolstoy claimed Shakespeare was

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Li Bo (701-762)and Tu Fu (712-770)   Poets of course festoon every era in every country, kingdom, and dynasty. Consider China!  Ancient China: The Yuan Dynasty, The Ming Dynasty, The Song…Yet how amazing that the two most illustrious poets should emerge from the Tang Dynasty and were contemporaneous