Articles 2014

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Do you have the time?   Time has been an illusive concept for me.  When I lived and worked in the USA, I had a large day planner where my day was scheduled in 15 minute intervals. When I first came to Mexico, I took off my watch. It […]

Some Famous Writers—Their Day Jobs!   Charles Bukowski worked for the Post Office in Los Angeles. Henry David Thoreau worked as a land surveyor, teacher, and tutor. Franz Kafka was the Chief Legal Secretary for the Workman’s Accident Insurance Institute. Anthony Trollope also worked at the Post Office. Joseph Heller wrote Catch-22 while working full

Remembrance     In the wind and the rain I think of you And in the sunlight, smiling. By the sea with her joyous whispers, On the plain with her swells of gold, With never a touch of sorrow But a trace of saddened joy. When the grapes grow round in the summer And fall

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen Kingmoonie1935@yahoo.com   Public Health care is provided to all Mexican Citizens as guaranteed by the Constitution. Care is either fully or partially subsidized by the Federal Government, depending on the person’s employment status. The IMSS (Institute Mexicano del Seguro Social) health care program is a tripartite system funded by the employee,

I Live In Ajijic By Neill James   (Ed. Note: This article (in a much lengthier version) was first published in 1946 in the magazine Modern Mexico. Ms. James, known as the “Godmother of Ajijic,” set many of her charming stories and celebrated books here at Lakeside. Her legacy did not end there, for the

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “To Become a Fool”   Issac Bashevis Singer, winner of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature, includes in The Collected Stories the charming tale, “The Spinoza of Market Street”. Dr. Nahum Fischelson, a scholar and son of the late Rabbi of Tishjevitz,” lives alone in a garret

Who Are The Baby Boomers?  By: Bluemexicoblue@prodigy.net.mx 766-5023   Remember that civil war song, “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again—Hurrah! Hurrah!”? Well, those World War II Johnnies and the ladies who “all turned out” made a whole lot of babies when that war ended. Born between 1946 and 1964, there are nearly 80 million of

On Aging By Margie Keane   Tears irrigate wrinklesIn Mama’s face, tricklingDown, splopping off her chin. “I’m old,”She says, “I looked in the mirrorAnd it shows an old crone, but I feel so young.Where has my life gone? How can I be loved?With my grandchildren I feel loved.They make me forget my wrinklesBecause they treat

The Dating Game—Revisited By Tom Eck   Online dating has become quite a social phenomenon. I know several people who have found their “soul mates” through such dating services as Match.com, eHarmony.com, and POF (Plenty of Fish). I know many more who have been woefully disappointed. I must admit that my curiosity more than once

DEJA VU – All Over Again! By Jim Muir   “Work Makes You Free”Main Gate at Auschwitz “First they came for . . .”  is the opening of a famous statement and provocative poem attributed to Pastor Martin Niemoller (1892 – 1984) about the sloth of German intellectuals following the Nazis’ rise to power and