March 2022

Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson Directed by Suki O’Brien This play is a semi-factual biography of Henrietta Leavitt whose measurements and discoveries revolutionized astronomy at the beginning of the twentieth century. The playwright Lauren Gunderson has also written about other female scientists in history, such as Ada Lovelace and Marie Curie. It’s an interesting topic, […]

LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 March 2022   The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle every Sunday at 10AM, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a diverse range of presentations. The presentations will be on the south lawn, close to the gazebo, the entrance will be by the side door on

Mirage de el Dorado The Eternal Lust for Gold By Robert Bruce Drynan   In 1594 a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I, Sir Walter Raleigh, an experienced soldier and adventurer, mounted an expedition to South America in pursuit of a legend of a city of gold, known as Manao. His expedition first landed on Trinidad

The Woman By Juan Sacelli   who knows what choices we’re called on to make that mark the faint line between fate and mistake that fly out of season and lead us to fall that seem to be reason, yet keep us in thrall  – but the call of a woman is the sound of

My wife is from Iowa. I moved there from Chicago back in the ‘70s and lived there for about ten years. Not many people move there. Even the Iowans used to say Iowa was a great place to be from—the sooner the better. Iowa is not what you would call a tourist destination. It is

(Lakeside’s homeless dogs fly north to Canadian and American homes thanks to the tireless efforts of their volunteers.) Joe Howell is a frequent flyer. His loyalty offers a great reward; escorting Mexican rescue dogs to loving, forever homes in the United States and Canada. Joe is a “flight angel,” as they are affectionately called, for

The Soldiers Of St. Patrick By Michael Hogan   St. Patrick’s Day is very special in Mexico because it is a time when Mexicans remember the San Patricios, or the Battalion of St. Patrick. One of the least-known stories of the Irish who came to America in the 1840s is that of this Irish battalion

The Four Keys to Happiness: Advice from the Lakeside Curmudgeon When I was 12 years old, I took up the sousaphone—an oversized tuba that wraps around the body and is named after John Philip Sousa, the man who was obsessed with writing marches. I didn’t choose to play such a concoction of plumbing, but was

Rah! Rah! Sis-Boom-Blah! By Tom Nussbaum   I’ve never participated in organized team sports and only took part in individual sports when bribed by friends or threatened with a starting pistol at my temple. But I am a sports fan and watch a lot of ESPN and weekend afternoon television. I have found, however, there

Bonus View The sun was at its zenith and although I ventured bare out to my jacuzzi, I had no intent to share a peepshow with my neighbors, for tall bushes masked the view from their high terrace to my bedroom, and my hot tub, too. I’d forgotten that leaf cutter ants had lately been