Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum They’re cute, loving, and greet you when you walk through the door. Dogs may even help reduce your blood pressure, improve your mood and provide a few laughs every now and then. If you are ready to invest some time, patience, and love, the ‘rewards’ they provide await you. […]
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JUNALUSKA AND ANDREW JACKSON: A Hero and a Scoundrel By Dr. Lorin Swinehart During the 1814 Battle of Horseshoe Bend in Alabama, a Creek POW being interrogated by Major General Andrew Jackson lunged at him with a knife. The Cherokee chief Junaluska tripped the attacker, saving Jackson’s life, an act of heroism that he
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LONNY RIDDLE SHIHAN —Honoring the Life of a True Samurai Submitted by Cindy Paul Most Lakesiders are unaware that for more than a generation, in the Sierra Madre mountains surrounding Lake Chapala, there lived a true, modern-day Samurai. His name was Lonny Riddle, but most of the time, others called him by his title,
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The Dearly Departed By Katina Pontikes I am one of those people who read the death notices regularly. I want to know if acquaintances of mine have departed this earthly existence, and what circumstances caused them to win the Daily Death Lotto. It pays to check the paper each day for news of those
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez For more editorials, visit: http://thedarksideofthedream.com Justice Deferred, Yet Not Forgotten (It was recently announced that a TV mini-series is now being made about O.J. Simpson and the two murders he was charged with committing in 1995—which has prompted our revisiting the case.) In October of 1995, a verdict was
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A Woman In Ajijic By W. L. Mesusan Once we name something, we no longer see it—John Fowles The woman’s day began like most, but would end like no other. A black rebozo, stretched tightly around sloped shoulders, shielded the tiny woman’s body from an unusual January chill. Her most treasured possession, it served
Colors in the City – The Street Murals By Teri Saya Let’s talk about the murals found in and around Guadalajara. If you explore by city bus, you have time to look out the windows and observe some of these marvels as the bus rumbles through the neighborhoods. My husband and I recently started
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Paris’s Père Lachaise cemetery Covering more than 100 acres, Père Lachaise Cemetery is the largest within the city limits of Paris, and indisputably the city’s most famous. It takes its name from King Louis XIV’s confessor, Père François de la Chaise, who lived in a house on the site. The
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com Politics of Hate “Hate” is a strong word. Many people would tend to shy away from revealing that they hate someone. Yet politics, notably in the United States, has become dominated by an emotional animosity, almost tribal in nature. We can easily sit back and scratch our
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JOHN HENRY NEWMAN —And His Contribution to World Literature By Rosario Athié and Dixie Santana John Henry Newman is recognized as one of the most important religious figures of 19th Century England. He is also well-known as an important literary figure. He is one of the classic writers in the English language, and his
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