Rambling From The Ranch By Linda Goldman Christmas Eve 2015 was typical for many, a holiday dinner with friends and family, maybe singing and exchanging gifts. But for 22 dogs rescued from intolerable conditions inside the house of an extreme hoarder, that night was filled with miracles. Shaken and terrified by their ride in […]
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What Color Is Mexico? I remember it was yellow on my world map, so I always pictured it so and it worked with my images of deserts, sombreros, and corn. Is it scarlet, like the bougainvillea cascading over the cracked whitewashed wall or crimson of her grandfather’s blood shed generations ago fighting the haciendas
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Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Venice’s Piazza San Marco Anchored by its iconic Basilica and campanile, the Piazza San Marco – St. Mark’s Square – is as essential a part of Venice’s identity as its canals. Its main entrance is the Piazetta corridor adjacent to the Doge’s Palace that connects it to the Grand
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MARK SCONCE: Poet And Prince Among Men By Margaret Ann Porter Last month, we explored the passion Lakeside resident Mark Sconce holds for the Russian literary genius Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin. Here, we look at the influences in Mark’s youth: Mark’s mother was descended from Hungarian peasant stock, which he says accounts for the gypsy
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com What Happened to Secular Values? I am a baseball fan. Since September 11, it seems as though at every major league baseball game, during the seventh inning stretch, “God Bless America” is played instead of the traditional “Take Me Out to the Ballgame.” At first, I got it.
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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre Movie Review by W. L. Mesusan In 1947, director John Huston brings his stars, Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, and father, Walter Huston, down to Mexico to shoot a film about three American misfits who mine and lose a fortune in gold. He already has an inkling he’s creating
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Death And Life In Mexico By Greg Custer This is not a story about Mexico’s celebrated Día de los Muertos ritual, or how Americans come here to retire, then forget to die. The other day I came across the black-and-white details about where and how US citizens meet their maker in foreign lands. You
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Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Miguel Miramontes(1918 – 2015) – Lakeside’s Master Sculptor “Art embodies the essence of being human.” Wislawa Szymborska (1923 – 2012) In our home we have a small bronze Miramontes statue of a young woman bathing that we encounter and converse with every day. Many artists here at Lakeside have
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Emotional Connection —Part 2 of 3 – Self Evolvement Series By Anna Elena BerlinCertified Professional Coach, Experience of Life Researcher The powerhouse that is our subconscious minds is the reason we don’t have to will our hearts to beat or our lungs to breathe. But its primary function is to assure we stay alive,
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Autumn Years These last forty years you and I’ve been together. Spring’s past, Summer’s gone, now Autumn weather. Note wrinkles, furrows, graying hair grown thin, Paunches, spare tires, flabby thighs, drooping skin. Our voices familiar, thoughts left trailing … Forgetting a name – call something a “thing.” Small kindnesses shown reveal that we
