A Change In Plans By Margie Harrell The message came clear across e-mail. The apartment back in the U.S. was finally available. I chose carefully when I got on the waiting list last year, preparing for a period of uncertainty, sandwiched between 30 years of living to work and retirement. I knew not what […]
Sunrise By Kelly Hayes-Raitt “Art brings the subconscious into the sunlight,” Henri Laurens, a Surrealist sculptor active during the beginning half of the last century wrote. I spent yesterday at the Alte Nationalgalerie, (www.smb.museum) the fabulous Neue Nationalgalerie (www.smb.museum) and today at the Brücke-Museum, (www.bruecke-museum.de) learning about the Dresden “bridge” artists who painted in
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Success at bridge is often achieved not by those who make the most brilliant plays but rather those who make the fewest errors. A case in point was this month’s deal when West made a fundamental mistake that gave an alert declarer the opportunity of earning a
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren Blood RelationsBy Sharon PollockDirected by Lynn Phelan Blood Relations is a fascinating play built around the true-crime Lizzie Borden mystery. On August 4, 1892, in the small New England town of Fall River, Massachusetts, Andrew Borden and his second wife Abby were brutally murdered in their home
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MISSING THE HOT TUB—But Not the Ex-husband By Kathy Koches Back in 1975, my husband and I bought a new house in Vancouver, Washington. It was a “tract house” and we purchased a lot from a builder, selected the plan, and watched eagerly as it was built. We loved picking out the flooring, tile,
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House In The Sun By Dane Chandos Book Review by Alice Hathaway (Ed. Note: This book was the second follow-up to one of the first and still the most popular books ever set at Lakeside. We run this review periodically to introduce newcomers to a charming time of not so long ago.) Remember chatterbox “Calenderia,”
A Balloon In Cactus By Maggie Van Ostrand What can be more humorous than real people? To illustrate: “A Jacksonville, Florida woman recently had to summon emergency help after dragging her husband down the street behind their pickup truck. Chief Petty Officer Roman Styles, U.S. Coast Guard Station Jacksonville, was treated and released with
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“Let Thy Food Be Thy Medicine” By Arthur Jackson The words are those of Hippocrates, the father of medicine, 2,000 years ago: “Let thy food be thy medicine. Let thy medicine be thy food,” also “Physician do no harm” and “Physician heal thyself.” Holistic medicine, the art of natural healing, originated in the Orient
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How You Can Have A “Winning” Day You have to listen more than you talk.You have to give more than you get. You have to smile more than you frown. You have to think “we” more than you think “me.”You have to agree more than you disagree. You have to compliment more than you criticize. You have
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IN MEMORIAM —Joyce Jones—1936-2013 Many of you know Val Jones, the spiky blonde dancer with the positive charisma and a smile for everyone. Fewer of you knew her mother – Joyce, although she visited our little corner of Mexico many times. Those that did have the privilege of meeting Joyce found her a lady
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