Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes A Sterile Conscience Finally. The highly awaited vaccines are slowly making their way into human arms. The last year has felt like the longest of my life, longer even than the nine months when I was pregnant with my son, and I thought the delivery day was never going […]
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The President’s Cabinet Hollywood-Style By Tom Nussbaum It just wasn’t done. Movie stars and television personalities didn’t go into politics. But then Ronald Reagan became California’s governor and, eventually, president of the United States. Clint Eastwood, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Al Franken followed his lead. Minnesota even elected a pro wrestler, Jesse Ventura, as its governor.
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Another Missed Opportunity By Steve Parker We all, from time to time, take a backward, reflective look at life. We dwell on remembering and rehashing some major missed opportunities. “If I had just …” “Why didn’t I?”… “What if I had? …” What a terrible waste of time! One of the major advantages of
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If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum If your pet has had surgery or some type of procedure, request specific instructions from your veterinarian about how to care for your pet, as each pet and surgery is different. When you are talking with the vet, ask questions and if he or she does not
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Driving to Newfoundland By Neil McKinnon The dream had come true. We were retired, the kids were gone, the condo sold, our furniture in storage and we had a new-used camper van. Our leisure years would be spent savoring the delights of the open road—the first delight, a summer-long excursion across Canada ending in Newfoundland.
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Guadalupe Victoria By David Ellison Guadalupe Victoria’s story is one of redemption. Born José Miguel Ramón Adaucto Fernández y Félix, during the war he changed his name to Guadalupe Victoria to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe, the insurgency’s symbol and patron, and to commit himself to winning independence for Mexico. He announced, “La Independencia se
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Bad News-Good News By Sydney Gay Kislevitz For the last fifteen years in Ajijic people ask me what happened to your leg? Why do you need crutches? By the time I was forty-five years old I had had two bone transplants, involving twelve surgeons and eight surgeries that failed, and this was happening in
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Word Salad By Sally Asante Crazy English [Directory blurb: More of the burning questions raised by our crazy English language.] In what other language do they call the third hand on the clock the second hand? Why do they call them apartments when they’re all together? Why do we call them buildings when they’re
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LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 April 2021 “…who is the happier man, he who has braved the storm of life and lived or he who has stayed securely on shore and merely existed?” — Hunter S. Thompson The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle every Sunday at 10AM, a popular community gathering
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Just One More Temple, Papa By Carol L. Bowman Day One Our English-speaking guide, 28-year-old Hang Hak, first name, last in Cambodian language, bowed reverently in Buddhist tradition to his elders, my husband, Ernie, and me. Along with our tuk-tuk driver, Yang Chan, we set off on our private, two-day exploration of ancient Buddhist
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