Vision Quest Walking across the prairie grassI glanced upon the ground,Covered with weeds and sagebrush tallLay rocks set in the round.A medicine wheel, immense in size,With spokes that numbered five,Restfully poised on Mother EarthWith an aura of being alive.I rubbed my eyes in disbeliefAs ghostly forms appeared,They moved around an Elder OneWhose spirit was […]
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt An Invasion of Lakeside It was slow at first. There was one in Chapala. There was one in Riberas. There was one in Ajijic. Then, as time went on, another one was added. There was a second one in Chapala. And then they seemed to be to pop
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com The Tepehua Community Center will probably close its doors for a while to protect its 400 or so registered families. Feeding up to 200 women and children every Friday is risking too many people’s health. The Medical Center will keep open to tend to
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: Last Friday night, March 6th, Mac Morison gave a concert performance to the Lakeside community which will undoubtedly serve as both example and inspiration to the several generations of people living at Lakeside. Mac is 87 years old and has been performing publicly for 75 years minus one. He
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren MY FAIR LADY Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay LernerMusic by Frederick LoeweDirected by Dave McIntosh Many of us can remember the Oscar-winning 1965 movie version of this classic musical starring Audrey Hepburn and Rex Harrison, which was in turn based on George Bernard Shaw’s 1912 play Pygmalion. And
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LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.com Phone: 33-2506-7525 April 2020 Sometimes the Show can’t go on. The COVID-19 virus has caused havoc across the globe, we here at Lakeside are not immune. We are all taking precautions and event changes are ongoing. Please check with your event website or Facebook page
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The Book Of Will A Summary by John Ward The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson is a play that is set in 1623, after the tragic death of William Shakespeare. It is an excellent play written by the most produced playwright in the USA today. I was in it. We had to cancel
ABBY RIVERA—An Extraordinary Entertainer By Robert James Taylor robertinmex@gmail.com Abby Rivera, a name familiar to so many, has become one of the most popular singers at Lakeside: constantly in demand, she performs at numerous restaurants, charity and social events and private functions. Where did it all start? Born in 1979, she was raised in
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To Our Esteemed Contributors (Current and Future) 1. Few circumstances warrant punctuation outside of quotation marks. Hence, “All’s well that ends well.” Not “ends well”. There are exceptions to this rule, but chances are good that none of us will encounter them more than a couple of times in our lifetime! 2. Always use
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The Remembering By Bill Frayer Ed. Note: Bill was a long-time, highly-esteemed columnist for the Ojo, (Uncommon Common Sense) and this is his remembrance of his wife, Pixie, who passed away recently. We also publish this poem for the benefit of the many people here at Lakeside who have lost a beloved family member.
