AS THE TACO TURNS(And takes the world with it) By Beth Berube Laissez Les Bon Temps Rouler – Let the Good Times Roll My disposition is markedly improving. In a twist of good fortune, my last hormone stopped pitching a fit and is resting peacefully. And just in the nick of time because there …
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Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com November 2010 The Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic featured Mexican cooking at their September meeting, complementing that with one of the best speakers on Mexican cuisine. Cristina Potters has lived in Mexico since 1981 and now lives in Morelia. Her award winning …
NO COUNTRY FOR OLD ACCOUNTANTS (Part Two) By RM Krakoff (Continued from last month) Amanda reappears moments later wearing an oversized Kansas Jayhawks sweatshirt. Donald gawks at her long, tanned legs and wonders if she is wearing anything under her shirt. Amanda glides into the chair across from the couch where Donald’s eyes are …
A MONTH IN PERU—Part III By Mel Goldberg Puno, Lake Titicaca, and Macchu Picchu(Final Installment) The street noise in the city of Puno was incredible. Almost everyone travels on motorcycles, even families of four. It is not unusual to see a man and a woman with two children between them on a 150cc bike. We …
I Was Playing Hooky When They Discussed Dangling Participles By Scott Richards Words, just five little letters, a rather small amount of the almost infinite group of collected symbols that we have created and chosen to express our emotions real, or imagined. Words are our units of communication, the elements of language representing fear, …
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FROM MY TROPICAL DECK CHAIR By “Consuelo” Painting is a passion that, for me, operates outside the twin arenas of need and greed. Oh sure, I was pleased when a San Francisco gallery asked me to submit slides this week. Pleased, and enormously flattered. One of my oldest dreams is—oops, was—to exhibit in important …
HAVOC IN MOTION By Jay Raymond WhitePublished by Whoopinhell Books, 2010Reviewed by James Tipton Havoc in Motion, Jay Raymond White’s new book is a collection not only of the fine pieces that appeared in his column, also called “Havoc in Motion” in El Ojo del Lago (November 2008-October 2009), but also of more than …
The Long And The Short Of It By Rebecca Kool I arrived in Nagoya, Japan in the fall of 1994, fresh off burnout from six years in the hotel industry. At age 50, beset by wanderlust, I cast off the shackles of ownership, packed all my worldly goods, and set off for an adventure …
Art+ Ajijic Most of you will remember the FERIA ARTES AJIIC of last February. For the first time, for two full days, Ajijic had its own professional art fair with 55 exhibiting artists, great music, sideshows of food artists, exotic food offerings, not to mention the beautiful setting of the show in the new …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR Re: Joyful Musings, October 2010 issue Dear Sir: I was gratified to read the article by Ms. Dunstan about Clinical Depression. She succinctly identified many hallmarks of this disease that can often be debilitating and painful. I would like to expand a bit on the information that she presented in …
