His Name Was Klaus By Tom Eck His name was Klaus—Klaus Wohland. It was an unusual name in our little southern California Catholic grammar school, filled with O’ Brien’s, Shaughnessy’s and O Callaghan’s, with a sprinkling of Moreno’s and Garcia’s. Klaus came to our seventh-grade class from Germany. He was a full head taller […]
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LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com July 2018 READ THIS FIRST Bravo! Theatre is presenting an encore of Visiting Mr. Green on Saturday, July 7 and 14 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, July 8 and 15 at 4 pm. These four performances are a benefit in memory of Phil Shepherd and his contributions
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Early Trauma By John Ward At seven years of age I was still at the convent of St. Mary in Manzini, Swaziland. I was in the third grade having skipped ahead due to having erudite parents. My education at the Convent had been fun and fruitful. I loved my classes and was in love
First Love By Mikel Miller He was getting ready to sell the big old house after his wife’s death, and cleaning out the walk-in closet. The musty smell of boxes filled the room as he opened a grocery sack of school yearbooks and thumbed through one to his class page. The face of his
The Immortality Of Henrietta Lacks By Robert James Taylor Henrietta Lacks, an African American, a mother of five children, died on October 4th 1951 at the age of 31, and was buried in obscurity, in an unmarked grave in Baltimore. But not all of Henrietta died that day. Weeks before, she suffered abdominal pains
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Members Wanted! The Ajijic Writers Group, founded in 1988, is looking for new members. Two qualifications: an interest in writing and critical thought. No entry fee, no dues, very few rules. We meet the first and third Fridays of each month, 10AM at the New Posada in Ajijic, with luncheon at noon in the
Unforgivable By Janice Wilberg The kids in the orphanage in Nicaragua where we adopted three children didn’t cry. They’d already done their crying someplace else. They might have looked concerned but they didn’t cry when passed from one person to the next like a bowl of mashed potatoes being passed at Thanksgiving dinner. In
Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Nudes and Scenic Villages – Artist Ina Kedzierska-Gieysztor Art is …“born out of struggle between wisdom and madness, between dream and reality….” Magdalena Abakanowicz Paintings of village landscapes, structures, and events have long been a focus of Lakeside artists – but which artworks provide more than decorative value
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Ask A Ranger By Dr. Lorin Swinehart It was a sparkling summer morning on South Bass Island in Lake Erie, the location of Perry’s Victory and International Peace Memorial, a 354 foot Doric column erected to honor the sacrifice of men who gave their lives during the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10,
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Remembering my “Jewish” Mexican Mother Often when I hear Jewish friends reminiscing about the funny foibles of their dearly-departed mothers, I squelch an inclination to boast that my own mother was perhaps the most unusual “Jewish” mother ever—mainly because she wasn’t Jewish, at all. (*See Note) My mother was
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