The Professional Writer: Getting Ideas; Avoiding Pitfalls By Marsh Cassady, Ph.D.Reviewed by Kay Davis Been thinking about writing your memoirs? Or have you been dreaming about writing a play that could be performed at the Lakeside Little Theatre? A great novel or a series of short stories for publishing? Then this is one of […]
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Child Of The Month By Rich Petersen Mario Alberto V.G. Three years ago while at school Mario began having severe back pain and his legs felt “all tingly”—as if they were “asleep.” He returned home as usual but the pain and tingly feeling continued. The next morning Mario was unable to move his legs!
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Sex, Money And Spam By Sandy Olson Today I want to talk to you about spam. Not that pink mystery meat in the can, but what’s in your computer’s junk mail folder. I know it’s hard to get excited about spam. But I’m going to invite you to skip over most of it and
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson There is always a special satisfaction in bidding and making a slam at bridge, especially if you have to play extra carefully to bring it home. Lorne Hamblin and John Wells managed to do just that in the illustrated deal when playing at the Lake Chapala Duplicate
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“American” Is Not A Language! By Fred Mittag Truly, some right-wingers must have a large skull several inches thick in order to protect a brain the size of a pea. Predictably, Rush Limbaugh became upset and paranoid that Coca Cola produced an ad for the Super Bowl in which “America the Beautiful” was sung
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen Kingmoonie1935@yahoo.com In Ecuador, the foundation ATISM, is a project to support small business loans to indigenous women. “The aim is to combat the effects of poverty in the different communities across Ecuador. The project weaves together the micro-management knowledge, which is generated through training work-shops, with alternative access to micro-credit,
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CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES —Who Are We? By Robert L. Nipper Constitutional Conservatives subscribe to a steadfast adherence to the precepts written in the Constitution of the United States. We oppose the “change” instigated by the Obama regime to alter, and mostly ignore, its wisdom and relevance. A great deal of the passionate ideology felt by
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Holding Hands With a Stranger By Margaret Van EveryLibrophilia, 2014ISBN 978-0-9845025-3-0120 pages180 Mexican pesosReviewed by James Tipton For decades Lake Chapala has seduced many accomplished writers to her sunny shores. Some say the communities on the north shore are really the center of serious expatriate writing in Mexico. Fortunately for those of us who
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RITA GOLDEN GELMAN —The Original Female Nomad Wanders Into Chapala By Kelly Hayes-Raitt When she let go of her life as she knew it, Rita Golden Gelman connected with something larger: a lifestyle with no permanent address, baggage filled with memories not mementos, and an infectious desire to encourage everyone she touches to connect
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A Problem With Poets By Tom Halley One bitter cold day all his words went astray. Not one syllable would come his way. He could not speak or write—not even rhyme! “Oh Lord,” he prayed, “please give me more time.” Tried hard to speak, but only mumbled. He opened the door, stepped outside and
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