CHARLIE KLESTADT—Cruz Roja, and Blessings By Margaret Ann Porter Charlie and Ann Klestadt celebrated their 542nd month of marriage over dinner at Roberto’s the other night. I didn’t recognize him because he wasn’t wearing his green, white and red 16th of September top-hat, and his hands weren’t full of Cruz Roja raffle tickets. He […]
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum This question comes up frequently, asked by both “newbies” and non-newbies to lakeside. Is there a SPCA here locally, like we had in the US or Canada? The answer is a firm: No! There is no local formal agency that handles animal pick-ups, nor is there a formal housing
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HENRY DAVID THOREAU —Prophet of Silence, Simplicity and Solitude By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Today, 150 years after his passing, Henry David Thoreau still dares us to shred the scripts inflicted upon us by society and live lives of integrity and self-actualization. “If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps he hears
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Pisac, Past & Present It’s only a few blocks drive along Pisac’s narrow streets before the central plaza appears. Only one side of the plaza is visible on this Thursday morning, and scattered among its handicraft shops are a café with wi-fi, a pizzeria, and an ATM. The other sides are
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Letters To The Editor Dear Sir: I read a comment letter you printed in June’s issue, from Cesar Cisneros, that was nothing more than a personal attack on Robert Nipper for an article he submitted (May issue) as part of the Lakeside Conservative Group. Mr. Nipper was called every name this person could think
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The Paradox of Choice? It doesn’t seem like that long ago when if we didn’t get to see a particular film we wanted to see in the theatre, we had to just hope it would come on television someday. Some did, but most did not. I recently took
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“Talk Like A Hoosier Pirate” Spanish By Cindy Paul In my thirty-six years living at Lakeside, I’ve heard hundreds of newly ensconced ex-pats make the same rash promise: “I’m going to learn Spanish this year.”Flushed with excitement and love for a new life and a new culture, they always say this as if learning
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Which Provider? When we first moved to Mexico, people back in Minnesota asked us “What are you going to watch on TV?”Now, that would not be my first question when asking about another country…but, I explained, unlike the United States, they have cable television that had more than
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The Girl On The Old Shingled Roof By Carol L. Bowman “Wait until your father gets home.” Whenever I heard that daunting phrase, a veil of gloom passed over me like an invisible plague. I knew what was coming. I knew that my stomach would do flips at the dinner table and our kitchen
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The Gift Of Love For fifty years I was his wife, Partner, lover and friend for life. We learned that love was ours to give This made our lives a joy to live. Our lives were full of usual things, Like family and all that brings. The good and bad were ours to
