Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Barbados’ Andromeda Gardens What happens when a traditional English garden is infused with a big dose of the tropics? The answer is Barbados’ Andromeda Botanic Gardens, and you don’t have to be a horticulturist to appreciate the beauty of this six acre tropical garden in St. Joseph Parish overlooking the […]
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Child Of The Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic DirectorPrograma Pro Nińos Incapacitados Maria was born in August 2009 and lives with her family in Chapala. In late 2014 she was diagnosed with Leukemia. She was being treated at the Hospital Civil in Guadalajara and started chemotherapy treatments in November 2014. The family came to
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Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com In Pursuit of Loneliness A year or so ago, an alarming study was released that indicated that the death rate for middle-age white men was rising quickly. This was attributed to more drug and alcohol use, risky behavior, and suicide. It was counter-intuitive because we still think of
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Latinos and the US Economic Growth By Herbert W. Piekow During the recent Feria International del Libro de Guadalajara, the worlds largest International Book Fair, Josefina Vasquez Mota, Mexico’s 2012 PAN presidential candidate launched her book, “Nosotros los dreamers.” In the book she retells the personal stories of 44 immigrants who were brought to
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Revisiting Pat And Paco By John Friesen The film Pat y Paco, shot here in the streets of Ajijic a year ago, is now entering post-production. It’s a large production for a forty-minute film and involves twenty speaking roles, a hundred background performers, a crew of more than twenty volunteers and filming fifteen days
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They Put Up A Parking Lot By Sue Schools Falling in love with Ajijic on my first visit in ‘97, I returned each February when possible to compete in the Mexican National Chili Cookoff. I won the championship title the last year it was sanctioned in 2008, and decided it was time to make
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Pondering Of A Cathouse Lawyer By Tom Eck The state capitol of Nevada in Carson is just thirty miles from Reno, the “Biggest Little City in the World.” But more significantly, it rests only three miles from a gaggle of houses of ill repute. It was in Carson that I began my law practice,
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Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum With the start of Summer comes some potential health hazards for our pets, that we need to keep in mind. The following are a few Summer pet safety tips: Never leave your pet in a car! Even parking in the shade and leaving the windows open is not an
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CIVIL WAR HERO—First Medal of Honor Recipient By Dr. Lorin Swinehart At first glance, Jacob Parrot would not have impressed many people as a national hero. He appears in photos as a pale, thin young man sporting a dark mustache and with something of a haunted look in his eyes. A farm boy from
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Single Pay: Heresy Or Pragmatism By Henri Loridanshenri.loridans@gmail.com The health care system in the United States is the costliest among the ten wealthiest nations in the world, and the general health of U.S. citizens is the worst among these countries. The life expectancy of a Canadian is 81.3 years compared to an American expectancy
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