Feathered Friends By John Keeling The House Finch The house finch is a sparrow-sized bird which is a very common year-round resident at lakeside. The male has a red breast and cap, though is not as strikingly red as the vermilion flycatcher, which is the other small red-breasted bird commonly seen here. In fact […]
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CHILD of the month By Rich Peterse Mayra Lizeth Márquez López Hard to believe that this healthy-looking little sweetheart has just had heart surgery! This is 5-year-old Mayra Márquez López. Mayra lives in Chapala with her mother Yolanda who is a housewife, and her father Rafael who works in both construction and as a
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Notes From Nestipac By Phyllis Rauch I Love a Parade Loving parades, I am lucky to live in Mexico. But if you see large groups of people on the streets, with floats, dancers and music it could be for a wide variety of reasons, with Spanish words to indicate the differences. Desfiles, such as
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THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood The World We Now Share To better understand the world we now share one must take into account the transformed meaning of time and space. Our earth centric species is no longer at the center of the universe as explorers in space share experiences with us in
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STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. Internal Medicine & Geriatric Specialist(Edited by Maria Montenegro) Gmo – Genetically Modified Organism Part 3 Thank you all for the emails and questions about GMO from the previous articles. Some people are quite knowledgeable about GMO and want to learn more, while many others have never
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UP-DATES FROM THE ANIMAL SHELTER By Thetis Reeves April 6, 2010, a Tuesday, dawned like any other day at our Cat Center: contented cats snoozing, playful ones teasing each other, fastidious ones grooming themselves in preparation for public appearances, and Barb, our cats’ majordomo, keeping a watchful eye and hoping for at least one
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THE TILLY & TOMMY REPORT By “Rebecca” Ijust read your column and am delighted to hear the Tilly and Tommy got good “forever” home. I currently have 4 dogs, one of which I rescued here in Mexico. But a few weeks ago I got a call from a friend asking for help with a
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OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynes Oh, It’s Hard To Be Humble Have you ever had the feeling that the words in the song described you? What song you ask? “Oh, it’s hard to be humble when you’re perfect in every way.” I’ve been there a few times… not often but, to be
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Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger As many of us have found out the hard way, a scorpion sting is painful, to say the least. However, scorpion venom may be used as an alternative to dangerous and addictive painkillers like morphine, according to researchers. Scientists are investigating new ways for developing a novel
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Ask Carolyn By Carolyn Comedo DEAR CAROLYN: To say my husband snores is an understatement. He simultaneously sounds like a motorcycle, a runaway train, a fighter jet in full flight and a tom cat in heat. All the while he whistles, moans, groans, jerks, mumbles and grinds his teeth. I’ve tried everything but nothing
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