How A Chicken Gets Across The Road By Carol L. Bowman My heart pounded. I struggled for the courage to cross like a local. Stepping from the curb, I focused on the opposite side and walked and prayed and kept walking, waiting to hear the crunch of metal meeting bone. The trick—never look to […]
How A Chicken Gets Across The Road Read More »
Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Christopher R. V. Programa pro Niños Incapacitados del Lago’s column was “on vacation” over the summer, but there was no vacation for those volunteers who work at the “clinics” every other week to reimburse our families for their medical expenses. Illness doesn’t get a vacation, unfortunately, and
Child Of The Month – September 2015 Read More »
Letters to the Editor Dear Sir, The association between El OJO del LAGO and NCA (Los Niños de Chapala y Ajjijc A.C.) is of long-standing, and immensely valued. Lakesiders are by nature a compassionate and generous group, needing simply to be aware of the need in order to extend a helping hand. NCA’s continuing
Letters to the Editor Read More »
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.
Anita’s Animals – September 2015 Read More »
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
JUNALUSKA AND ANDREW JACKSON: A Hero and a Scoundrel Read More »
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,
LONNY RIDDLE SHIHAN—Honoring the Life of a True Samurai Read More »
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
The Dearly Departed Read More »
