October 2026

Eighteen Holes, Nine Fairways, One Lake Around of golf at Country Club de Chapala (CCC) rarely begins quietly. The parrots make themselves heard, donkeys call somewhere beyond the course, and announcements from San Nicolás de Ibarra and San Juan carry across the fairways. Then a group tees off, and the day begins. Set into the

MAPA From my balcony I can see who he picks on any given day. In the early morning hours, the oddly marked dog lopes behind a couple of girls, perhaps thinking it’s a good day to check out the local school. The girls ignore him. Another morning, he chooses a young family. Only the toddler

At age twenty-one, I learned that if you asked boldly, followed through enthusiastically, and didn’t blink, you could live wildly above your means — at least for seven days at sea. After a year of performing across Europe with a dance company, it was time to go home. The three of us were broke, optimistic,

Schadenfreude & Sobremesa Though I can trace much of my ancestry to Germany, I didn’t experience schadenfreude until I moved to Mexico. Schadenfreude, a word directly borrowed from German, is defined as taking delight in the troubles of others. It is a compound noun created by joining two German words together: [Schaden] (Harm / Damage