Ajijic By Mark Sconce Smart friends will think you’re rather chic When you retire to Ajijic. They’ll know that’s “where the water runs” ‘Neath temperate skies and gentle suns. May even know Chapala Lake Invites retirement for its sake; Where anytime you might request a Margarita and siesta. Soft zephyrs blowing off the …
MY FRIEND URSULA—The Jew From Shanghai By Herbert W. Piekow In March of 1939 my friend Ursula Blomberg was just eleven years old when she lost her innocence at the rough, stubby fingers of a Nazi matron who ordered Ursula to undress in a small, cold room on the Austrian side of the Brenner …
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Have Walker, Will Travel By Mildred Boyd Although Cuenca is the third largest city in Ecuador, getting there is not easy. When Lizz, Judy, walker and I essayed the trip, it took two days. There were layovers in Mexico City and Panama City before we finally reached Quito, too late to catch the last …
Hearts at Work —A Column by Jim Tipton “When the Rapture comes, can I have your car?” Several decades ago I read a short poem by James Wright titled, “I Am a Sioux Brave, He Said in Minneapolis.” The poem is contained in the first stanza. He is just plain drunk. He knows no …
A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Food Combining and Digestive Health “A good set of bowels is as important as a good set of brains” —Dr. Aubrey Katz, pediatric gastroenterology, Harvard According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, digestive system symptoms are responsible for an estimated 35.9 million …
CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Abraham Emiliano Ramírez Rivera While this column has been on hiatus for a couple of months, Niños Incapacitados continues its work and fundraising activities to help reimburse low-income families for medical expenses incurred for their children with life-threatening, chronic diseases. Without our help—and yours—many of these families …
Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger Wildlife Mexico 911 Approx. a month ago we received a call from a local orphanage, “Love in Action.” A staff member had rescued a young cacomistle. Not wanting any harm to come to it she brought it to the orphanage to show the children, and called us …
Find Feathered Friends By John Keeling Influx of Tropical Flycatchers Within the last two years I have seen growing numbers of Social Flycatchers visiting my garden in upper Ajijic. These birds are difficult to distinguish from the commonly occurring ‘Great Kiskadee’ which is well known for its prominent yellow breast and strident kee-ka-deee call. …
THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood Scorecard On Climate Change The recent G8 Summit in Italy made but tiny steps toward setting the stage for December when world leaders gather in Copenhagen under UN auspices to draft a successor agreement to the Kyoto Protocol on climate change. G8 Progress: Nay-sayers on the reality …
Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Missing Mary I miss Mary. Some say she died of a heart attack, someone else said it was complications from diabetes. Whatever took her from our midst, stole away a joyful and generous spirit. Mary sold jewelry. She could be found at most all the “hangouts” of the …
