April 2023

I’m afraid of my stove I owned many gas kitchen stoves in America, car-camped across the country with Coleman camping stoves, and carried backpack stoves into the wilderness, but after three months of living in my Sansai bungalow, I’m still afraid of my plain old, ordinary, everyday Thai propane stove. My first attempt to light […]

Spoken word artist Susa Silvermarie is a widely published and anthologized writer known for original work that delights the senses while calling the spirit. Silvermarie is grateful to spend her third trimester of life lakeside here in Mexico, sharing her work at www.susasilvermarie.com.Her collections Poems for Flourishing and Tales from My Teachers on the Alzheimer’s Unit are available on Amazon, and a new collection

It’s lunchtime on a Saturday. The family, or most of us, are sitting at the table. My mamá and papá talk about work. My papá says, “I have a ticket for tomorrow’s concert with the Philharmonic at the Degollado Theater. Does anyone want to go?” All are quiet. I raise my hand and tell him

Mid-Century/Mid-America When I was a child, I looked forward to our church’s Easter play performed and directed by the members of the congregation, none of whom were professional actors. It was an exciting time for me, and during my early childhood (around the age of five), one that I understood literally. The Last Supper, the

When I visited Canada for the first time, in 1980, part of my month-long visit with a friend was attending the Assembly of the Northwest Territories First Nations in Fort Good Hope—Dene Tha’ country. Darlene, the Indigenous girlfriend of an oil patch worker, had invited my friend and me along for the powwow at her

April – Renewal & Rebirth The etymology behind the word “April” comes from the verb “aperire,” which means “to open.” It’s commonly believed that the word refers to the season of trees and flowers beginning to open or bloom. Easter 2023 will be observed on Sunday, April 9. As a child I always felt that

Vicente Guerrero Vicente Guerrero lived by the coup, and so died by it. Of African, Native, and Spanish blood (he went by the nickname of “El Negro” as a child), his mixed heritage probably spelled his doom. During the war for independence (1810-1821), when his father and uncle insisted he present his sword to the

“For every abominable thing which the Lord hates they have done for their gods; for they even burn their sons and daughters in the fire to their gods.” Deuteronomy 12:31 King Minos of the once powerful Minoan civilization was a very unhappy man. He had been given a beautiful white bull to serve as seed

Midwifery in Mexico has always been thought of as a natural gift, a cultural heritage, “almost like doing magic” claimed a professional mid-wife from Oaxaca, one of the few midwives actually trained with a nurse´s background, which, in this decade, have become rare.  Mid-wives often lacked support in Mexico’s health system until the pandemic.  As

Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com April 2023 The Lake Chapala Society hosts 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, opens at 9:30am. We recommend bringing a hat and bottled water, and please remove containers upon departure. Check