RainBy Kathy Koches Sprinkles, splashes, misty dew, torrential downpours, showers too, cooling, calming lovely rain, I’m so glad you’ve come again. Kiss the mountains, fill the lake, such a lovely sound you make. Wash my body, clear my mind, peaceful moments I can find. Clouds above me softly weep, lull me gently off […]
The Tianguis And The Seven Deadly Sins By Sandy Olson I don’t know why the Seven Deadly Sins came to mind when I was walking down that dusty street in La Manzanilla on my way to the Friday tianguis, but there they were: Pride, Anger, Greed, Gluttony, Envy, Lust and Sloth. There’s an acronym
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In-Between Before And After By John Thomas Dodds I was floundering on, as usual, until she gave my soul a slap—well deserved at that. I dug myself out of the fiction of life and devoured the books on enlightenment she gave me to read. She wondered if I had the will power to see
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Hearts at Work A Column by Jim Tipton “We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens.” –Epictetus, Greek philosopher One sunny afternoon some years ago I picked up in a little mountain bookstore in western Colorado, Loving What Is, by Byron Katie, a woman who
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com Traveling through back streets of Tepehua five years ago could be a hazardous journey, a journey undertaken by a small group of women who were going to start a Community Center, full of enthusiasm they explored to see the need of the people. Obviously
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Dear Portia Advice to the Lovelorn, the Drastically Distracted and the Deeply Disgruntled Dear Portia, I know you avoid politics, but I simply can’t! Is the Donald the terrifying redeemer of America, or is he the defiant destroyer of the system? Polly Ticks Dear Tics, Mr. Trump is simply the embodiment of the long
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com September 2015 YOU CAN SEE IT IN OCTOBER Last month the Lakeside Little Theatre hosted the children’s theatrical performance of “The Legend of Queen Xochitl-Mich-Cihualli.” Local artist Antonio Lopez Vega authored and narrated the legend of the naming of Ajijic. He was inspired
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Sage Advice By Kathy L. Pricekatcandu@ymail.com Black asphalt bisected the desert landscape. It lay there in a perfectly straight line, shimmering in the heat, and offered both a mix of dismay at the distance yet to be traveled and a beckoning into the mountains beyond. The late afternoon sun hung just above the ridge
The Greatest Lover Of Last Tuesday By Neil McKinnonBook Review by Ed Tasca Neil McKinnon blessedly answers for this writer the mysterious mathematical enigma: whatever happened to male-female comedy duos. The answer seems to be that they’ve gone literary, and appear as the two principal characters of Neil’s new book, The Greatest Lover of
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt “It only leaks when it rains.” Mexico in rainy season; the mountains are a lush green, flowers are blooming, bugs are flying, and the rain has been fairly constant this year. Everyone says “Es bueno para el lago.” (It is good for the lake.) Having lived in Mexico
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