November 2017

Memories Begone! By Sue Schools I’m a genetic collector, daughter of a notorious hoarder and granddaughter of a survivor of the Great Depression who believed in her later years that two of everything still wasn’t enough. When Grannie went to the Big Warehouse in the Sky, my mother packed her sedan with boxes of treasures […]

LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com November 2017   KNOW YOUR FOLK ART The annual Feria Maestros del Arte will happen again on November 10 and 11 (10 am to 5 pm) and November 12 (10 am to 4 pm). It’s held at the Club  de Yates de Chapala. Admission is 70 pesos.

Strong Women By Kathy Koches “A woman is like a tea bag. You never know how strong she is until she gets in hot water.”   —Eleanor Roosevelt Yesterday I got an e-mail from my eldest granddaughter.  She gave me news that was both sad and encouraging.  She had left her abusive husband, after seven years

I Can See Russia From My Stateroom By Carol L. Bowman Part One As the Azamara Journey navigated through the Gulf of Finland, I stood on our veranda and fidgeted with binoculars. For the past six months, ‘Russia’ had spurred an onslaught of negative press in the US, but I felt a surge of positive

Cop Or Otherwise? By Bernie Suttle “Get into the car, Son. Hitchhiking is against the law in Pasadena.” He leaned over and opened the passenger door. I had to get through the town to get to the freeway entrance and hoped to get a ride with a car headed for LA on that same route.

Hugh Hefner – A Personal Tribute By Rosemary Grayson AKA Rosemarie Hillcrest Miss October 1964 Playboy Magazine   Si non oscillas, noli tintinare—Latin for “If you don’t swing, don’t ring.” Famously it’s engraved below the door knocker on Hugh Hefner’s original mansion. In the summer of 1963, I had just arrived on a Greyhound bus

When Raven Placed The Stars In The Sky— stories of the Spirit World By Dr. Lorin Swinehart Raven occupies a fascinating niche in the stories of many peoples. The Tlingit people of Alaska, for instance, say that Raven placed the stars in the sky. In their stories, all the stars once belonged to a great

Front Row Center By Michael Warren RipcordBy David Lindsay-AbaireDirected by Collette Clavadetscher   Ripcord was commissioned by the Manhattan Theater Club, as an off-Broadway production designed to entertain an older subscription audience, and David Lindsay-Abaire delivered an “Odd Couple” comedy set in a retirement home. We can hear the comedic gears clanking as two old

How the Wealthy Gain From GOP Health Care Bill By Bengy Sarlin Republicans are once again bogged down in negotiations over health care, with moderates and conservatives pulling the Senate bill in different directions and polls showing the public overwhelmingly unhappy with their plans. But the key to understanding their struggles might not lie in health