February 2024

Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural, civic, or charitable event is the first day of the month, an entire month BEFORE the article can appear in El Ojo Del Lago. Appropriate notices should include the name of the event, its location, […]

Act One, Scene two. It’s a perfect sunny Tuesday afternoon in Ajijic. Church bells are ringing in the background. A Spanish guitar can be heard from a nearby plaza. An Indian woman and her daughter are carrying baskets with wooden kitchen spoons to sell. Three dogs chase each other on the street. Two friends meet

There really probably ought to be a way out of this absurd situation Miss Em thought. She’d never been in anything even remotely like this before. At least she was nearly on her back stuck in here and not on top of her head with her feet sticking up. Just then Miss Priss,  her old

I felt a strange touch on the back of my neck, like spiderwebs or cotton candy, but in spite of the unlikelihood of finding either in the antiseptic hospital room, I put my hand to the back of my neck in an exploratory gesture. Finding nothing there, I returned my hand to its automatic turning

New Year’s Dayand I will start afreshas caterpillars are molting. I will establish order in my sock and underwear drawersand the drawer of scrambled kitchen utensils. And it would not be the New Yearif I didn’t clean the refrigerator,pitch the stuff we’ve no ideahow or when it got there.  And all the while, caterpillars are moltingas I

Sadly, we only have our pets for a short time. Many times, it is because of an unexpected medical situation that suddenly appears, like a heart or renal condition. Sometimes there are “warning” signs, and many are very subtle that might alert us of a possible bad situation in the future. That it is why

(Some Lessons from Others) As a parish minister and chaplain, I have learned that many people make a big mistake when they define the concept of “healing.” They limit it. They think of it as a process which makes everything all right again; when physical, psychological, or spiritual pain is removed. But in fact, healing

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs. There are two main types/forms of COPD:  Emphysema and chronic bronchitis are the two most common conditions that contribute to COPD. These two conditions usually occur together and can vary in severity among individuals with COPD. Most people with

Manifest It I was enjoying a glass of wine with my son and a work friend of his, when his friend shared with me an interesting experience he had with his son. He was putting him to bed and decided to teach him an important life lesson. He chose the subject of how we behave

My older brother, Ted, is quite the outdoorsman.  You’ll often find him hiking through the forests and fields, where he is on a first name basis with every species of tree, bush and weed.  A few years ago, he decided he’d like to get a dog that loves the outdoors as much as he does.