Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt By the time you read this, 2018 will finally be over. I hope 2019 will bring much hope and joy to the Mexican people. We were looking towards family visitors in January. But after reading advisories from the US State Department that listed Jalisco and Guadalajara as too […]
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How To Buy A Chicken By Rachel McMillen The man I married was a man of many skills. A chemical engineer by profession, he was capable of turning his talents to any job that needed doing, all with equal success. As an example, when we decided we wanted a larger boat than the twenty-six
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How I Got My Tattoo By Chad Olsen “I have to go to the bathroom.” “Are we there yet?” “I’m hungry.” “Stop hitting me!” I’m sure you have heard this during long trips with the kids—anything over an hour was long to them. To keep from going crazy, or hurting someone, I would tell
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: After the past month or so the American people together with billions of other observant people from around the planet have observed what could only be justifiably called a grossly inhumane, immoral and unethical watershed demonstrated by the present Chief Executive incumbent of the American government and advisory
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Say It With Flowers By Rosemary Grayson The Lakeside Garden Guild is one of lakeside’s oldest expat organizations and it will celebrate its 50th Anniversary this year. The guild was born out of necessity according to Binkie Chater, Margaret Southworth and Olga Spraggett, some of the guild’s early members. These ladies were avid gardeners
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A Divine Gift By Anna Elena Berlin, Certified Life Coach www.Wisen-Up.Info The myth has a few versions, but the one I heard in my host’s centuries-old olive grove was that Athena threw her spear into the ground and it grew into Greece’s first olive tree. Truly, a Divine Gift to the Greek people from
LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com January 2019 SUNDAY AFTERNOON ….is the time to go to the 2019 Jewish Film Festival in January and February. As usual, the movies are shown at 1:30 at Cinemas del Lago, Bugambilias Plaza. “Come by after Open Circle and lunch!” says Joe Gottesman, Lake Chapala Jewish
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Fifty years ago the Beatles told us they could get by with a little help from their friends. The same philosophy sometimes applies when you are declaring a tricky bridge contract and you can’t manufacture enough tricks – you can call upon your opponents (your new friends!)
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Lake Chapala Writers Conference By Carol D. Bradley Storytelling –whether you are a novelist, playwright, a memoirist or non-fiction writer, we are all, first, storytellers. March 6th, 7th, and 8th, 2019, the LCWC is bringing inspirational, dedicated speakers to raise your storytelling to new levels. A literary agent, educators and professional editors will be
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Closer To The Tracks By Bernie Suttle Gaunt and bent, he wore a torn, dirty, felt hat and bib overalls over a dirty long john shirt. His feet were encased in white and brown sport shoes with slits cut to ease painful toes. He looked like he hadn’t shaved since when and a scab on
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