La Vista By John Thomas Dodds If there is one thing ex-pats have in common its having travelled far and wide, and one of the things we might have noticed is the human penchant for seeking the high ground. It is the domain of the wealthy and the spiritual, the adventurous and the driven, […]
MARK SCONCE: Poet And Prince Among Men By Margaret Ann Porter Literary scholars agree that the seminal literary work of Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin (1799-1837) is his poetic novel Eugene Onegin. In it, Pushkin delves into the inhumanity of social convention and its tendency to crush souls and murder love, yet Pushkin somehow renders the
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A First Encounter By Carol D. Bradley I am grateful for so much; grateful for many things, big and small. I am grateful for my health and the good health of my husband and my family. That’s a big thing. I am grateful for our life here in this beautiful place that happened to
Wise Men Speak (Courtesy of Cal Crenshaw) If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno~ The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry Cate, VII~ We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop~ If we got one-tenth of what was
The Butterfly “I love it here” the caterpillar said, Cozy – in woven, silken thread. “Within my tent, I’m wrapped and warm, Safely cocooned away from harm.” Slowly transformed, soft flesh left no trace, A chrysalis grew in chestnut-like case. Then wings began sprouting and as they unfurled This embryo creature emerged to the
Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com The Maternal Health Unit at Tepehua Community Center sits on a Tepehua playground waiting to open its doors to the Maternal Health program that will serve every barrio woman Lakeside. The anonymous donors who built it are helping to bring care to women who
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com May 2016 THE BUDDHIST AND HER BOOKS Karin J. Miles has been a dharma student and guiding teacher of Buddhism for over 30 years. She even, with her husband David Yett, spent two years in Nepal. Karin Miles Over time Karin accumulated
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Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Oscar Roman Oscar is the youngest of five children and lives with his family in Jocotopec. Oscar was diagnosed with Sindrome Cornelia de Lange often termed as Bushy Syndrome and more commonly referred to as Amsterdam Dwarfism. Sindrome Cornelia de Lange is a genetic disorder that can
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: I was deeply offended by Christy Wiseman”s hurtful article, “Life Ongoing–Just a Cup of Coffee”. Her brother’s list of people she should avoid included “no friggin’ deviates: LGBT, pedophiles, etc.” As a gay man who has been in a monogamous relationship for more than 50 years, I resent
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria SchmidtRepublished By Popular Request ¿Donde Esta? It seems to me I spend most of my time looking for things. Big things, little things, it doesn’t seem to matter. This is difficult to admit for a person as organized as I am. We’ve had a lot of changes in our
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