Tying Up Loose Ends and Letting Go of Things By Barbara Hildt Let’s face it, when we’re old and have lived most of our days in this life, our time is limited. We can choose to lament our losses and things we didn’t accomplish or we can choose to appreciate all the people and experiences […]
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Word Salad By Sally Asante And You Thought Learning Spanish was Tough! For those of us who, in our later years, decided to leave our north-of-the-border homes for the sunny shores of Lake Chapala, learning Spanish was one of our top priorities. While some lucky few took to it like the proverbial duck to
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com As 2020 comes to a close, recognition of all unsung heroes from this incredible year of challenge should be sung loud and long. What would the small villages have done if not for the strong among them? Tepehua has its own unsung
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Can You Hear Me Now? By Tom Nussbaum “Damn, I left my hearing aids on my nightstand,” Greg said as he slipped the elastic bands of his light blue COVID-19 mask over his ears.” Walt exhaled with frustration as he donned his white mask. “Not again. Well, I’ve got mine.” He stopped. “Crap. I was
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From the Ojo Archives The Night Before Christmas On Mexico’s Coast It’s the night before Christmas, but I live at the beach. I’m afraid a white Christmas is out of my reach. No snow, no sleigh bells, no Santa’s reindeer, The sound of the surf is all that I hear. I miss mistletoe and
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Believe By Judy Dykstra Brown I don’t know of anyone who loves Christmas as much as my mother did. She could barely wait for Thanksgiving to be over to put up her tree. Those trees were covered with icicles, bubble lights, angel hair and boxes and boxes of ornaments saved and added to over
Night Walk By Rob Mohr Above my horizon rest a crescent Moon whose ghostly form fills heaven’s sweep, joined with Venus’ expanding smile. An ancient union made in eastern skies, where their graceful dance seals their love, while Mars’ red glow westward leads, as I enter lustrous heaven’s cryptic frame. Framed by Orion’s three
Holiday Eating Tips Anonymous 1. Avoid carrot sticks. Anyone who puts carrots on a holiday buffet table knows nothing of the Holiday spirit. In fact, if you see carrots, leave immediately. Go next door, where they’re serving rum balls. 2. Drink as much eggnog as you can. And quickly it’s rare! You cannot find it
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Yuletide Stories From The Philippines By Don Beaudreau wbeaudreau@aol.com It is 1969 and I am a U.S. Peace Corps volunteer teaching English on a remote island in the southern Philippines. It is a beautiful place, this tropical island called Jolo, despite the centuries of warfare between Muslims and Christians for dominance of the island.
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Chapala Sunrise Rotary Emergency Food Relief Program By Nicci Beniger Rotary members packing despensas at Bravo Theatre. With the onset of COVID-19, it soon became evident that many residents of Lakeside were unable to work and, therefore, unable to provide food for their families. Many organizations set about trying to alleviate this problem, and
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