Lakeside DayBreak Some good works begin with an idea; others begin with a crisis. Lakeside DayBreak was born from the latter. Its founder, Elly Contreras, knows dementia not as an abstract medical condition, but as an intimate, life-altering reality. Elly and her husband have been snowbirds in Mexico since 2010 and have made a permanent […]
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This series is a collection of memories from my childhood growing up on a farm in Iowa. I hope they bring a smile as we reminisce together those days gone but not forgotten. Except for those with Amnesia. Why did I come in here? Episode 4. Abbey, Charlie and The Hay Mow, and The BB
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The creaky, wooden kitchen chairs arranged around the Franklin stove awaited the ‘reading of the will’. My insides harbored sparks of anticipation mixed with twitches of sadness. A December snowfall worsened the foreboding gloom on this mournful Sunday, bringing dreariness inside the room. I hated snow. Every Pennsylvania winter while growing up on the farm,
A few days ago, while rinsing my mouth after vigorously brushing my teeth, I heard a click in the sink. Whatever it was went down the drain before I could see it. At first, I thought maybe a crown had popped off. But on further inspection, I saw that a lower left molar had broken
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This article should actually be called, Fun Facts about the Mexican Flag because the story of the Mexican flag is as complex as the country’s history and, in this case history is fun. Research for this article felt a little like the Big Bang vexillology (study of flags) episode where Sheldon talks about Fun Facts
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To the Editor. I just had to respond to Noris Binet´s article in the December 2025 issue entitledLa Virgen de Guadalupe: The Goddess of the People. I understand the desire to reinterpret the image in a new psychoanalytic sociologic modern method, but I think that it is fair to point out that it pulls the
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Changes I have found that the only constant in the universe is change. And change has come into my own life once again. This time, this change will take me away from Mexico, so I must resign as Editor for the Ojo del Lago. This is my last issue. I have enjoyed my work with
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