Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson One of the first adages aspiring bridge players learn is “Eight Ever, Nine Never”. This refers to the best way to play suit combinations when you hold 8 or 9 cards in a suit missing the queen. The theory is that with just 8 cards you should […]
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: Re: “We Must Not Forget Our Past” written or sponsored by Phyllis Ewing I am not sure where the quote from a second person—military ex-pat from Arizona—in Ms. Ewing’s article ended, or whether the whole article was his view. I would like to comment on the contents, regardless
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More On The Musical Scene By Jim Cooper Amalia Avilan It is hard to believe, but the sixteenth season of the very prestigious classical/jazz music festival is just around the corner. From February 16 to March 2, a collection of some of the world’s very best musicians will happily descend on Ajijic to form the
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Just For Today… By Kathy Koches Just for today, I m going to put aside my fears, worries, cares and woes. Just for today, I am going to look at the beauty, joy and wonder that life has given me. Just for today I am going rejoice in a friend’s good news, celebrate a
Letters to the Editors Dear Editor: Thank you for the inspiring and insightful article about Days for Girls/Lake Chapala by Margaret Ann Porter about the new non-profit effort to educate local teenage girls about their bodies. Study after study has shown that when teenage girls — no matter where in the world they live
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If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum We all talk to our pets. It’s a part of our nature, but in reality they don’t care what we are saying. But because you speak different languages, communication can be difficult at times. What if you had a link to your pup’s brain and could
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Trump Tax Plan By Jonathan Allen The top one percent of earners would reap the lion’s share of benefits under a new tax cut proposal unveiled by President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans this week, according to analysis by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center released recently. The estimates, which congressional Republicans criticized as unfounded, starkly contradict
The Mysterious Disappearance of Agatha Christie By Robert James Taylor Among the greatest mystery novelists of all time, Agatha Christie, became the most published novelist in history, outsold only by The Bible and Shakespeare; she enjoyed the highest accolades and awards an author could ever possibly achieve. One of her greatest mysteries however was
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