What Is Philosophy Anyway? By Daniel Acuff PhD Why did the chicken cross the road? Emily Dickenson: “Because it could not stop for death.” Henry David Thoreau: “To live deliberately and suck all the marrow out of life.” Ernest Hemingway: “To die. In the rain.” Salvador Dali: “The fish.” Eternal Optimist: “Because Love and […]
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Cuca—The Cockroach By Sydney Gay With increasing frequency a medium size cockroach enters my kitchen, I could stomp it with my shoe but the closer I come to my own death the more I realize not a year goes by without murder happening somewhere, this roaches not threatening me. Maybe I should let it
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Paw Prints On My Heart By Gudrun JonesCo-Founder & Former President of the Lakeside Spay & Neuter Center(Re-published by Request) Some years ago I meet Bob Hocking. I knew him as the sophisticated, dapper dresser, always the correct gentleman, an animal lover and a supporter of the Lakeside Spay & Neuter Center. I thought
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Politics And Whiskey In 1952, Armon M. Sweat, Jr., a member of the Texas House of Representatives, was asked about his position on whiskey. What follows is his exact answer (taken from the Political Archives of Texas): “If you mean whiskey, the devil’s brew, the poison scourge, the bloody monster that defiles innocence, dethrones reason,
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com October 2018 In recognition of Day of the Dead and Halloween, Potter Productions presents Spoon River Anthology, written in 1915 by Edgar Lee Masters. It’s directed by Rosann Balbontin, with musical direction by Don Beaudreault. The cast also includes (from left to right) Terry Gibbard, Cindy
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Our Literary Awards—Circa 2018 THE 24th OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON Special Thanks to Abby Rivera and Michael MacLaughlin for providing the outstanding entertainment, and also to Roberto Ortiz for his supurb musical stylings. The latest luncheon which drew well over one hundred people was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to
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Meet Mexico in three days at Feria Maestros del Arte When you come to Feria Maestros del Arte, you will be seeing more than Mexican folk art and colorful costumes. You will be meeting Mexico in a way few travelers do. For instance, several days before the Feria, Zenaida Hernández Gómez and Cristina Hernández Pérez
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Why We Chose Lakeside By Chuck Bolotin After eight months of traveling through Mexico, I can now tell you, from personal experience, that Mexico is a big, a varied, and in many places, a very beautiful country. A little over two years ago, my wife and I sold our home in Arizona, gave away,
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Dear Mr. Putin, We need help. I know you’re a former KGB agent (more power to ya) and that you’re one of the richest guys around (but maybe not richer than Jeff Bezos but you could probably buy and sell Kim Kardashian) but I thought I’d reach out for your support. We’ve tried in
Cejas And The Great Escape By Maggie Van Ostrand The mean streets of Tijuana finally dispatched something other than media reports of killings, kidnappings and cartels. The bloody, dusty, bullet-ridden streets of Tijuana have watched Cejas emigrate, even without proper papers. You may be wondering, Who is this Cejas of whom she writes? Is he
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