July 2022

HAIKU A haiku is a short poem that uses imagistic language to convey the essence of an experience of nature intuitively linked to the human condition. The term haiku is credited to Japanese poet and literary critic Masaoka Shiki, who lived in the late Meiji period (late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries). Most haiku in […]

A PROFILE OF A WOMAN. (A Tepehua Story). My name is woman, I have the face of poverty. Like so many of my sisters I was born into poverty with a dysfunctional Father…but there was love. It was the challenges he faced that were bigger than he could handle. He escaped into the bottle and

Here at Lakeside, there is a need wherever we go. This article educates us on the Food Bank for Animals. As many of our Mexican friends have barely enough money to feed themselves, yet their fur friends are part of their extended family.

JULY “Answer July—Where is the Bee—Where is the Blush—Where is the Hay? Ah, said July—Where is the Seed—Where is the Bud—Where is the May—Answer Thee—Me—” ~ Emily Dickinson For most of us in the northern hemisphere July means summer.  Chickens are a-laying, sparrows are fledging, our gardens are lush with ripe fruits and vegetables and all

Sue Schools playfully describes just another date night for the expats of Lakeside.

Herbert Piekow delves into Mexico’s brutal history, exploring the major conquests of Mexico. And its difficult past.

A couple of months ago, I went back to California to get vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine. In Mexico, I had been given the Chinese (Sinovac) vaccine, but that was eight months earlier, and it didn’t have all that great an effectiveness rating. Many European countries were not accepting it for entry, and I was

Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com The Lake Chapala Society host Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a diverse range of presentations. Entrance by the side gate on Ramón Corona, gate opens at 9:30am. We recommend bringing a hat and bottled water, and please remove containers upon departure. Use of

Getting Them Before They Get Us Addictions can kill you. I know. I almost died. It was not until a mid-life event happened to me that I finally began to grasp the fact that I was raised in an alcoholic family. It was as if a jack-in-the-box had suddenly popped up and said: “Surprise!” “Surprise!”

Fred Mittag, examines how the laws of physics come to bear on the world of music.