Lakeside LivingBy Kay Davis Phone: (376) 766-4774or 765-3676 to leave messages Email: kdavis987@gmail.com July 2011 PAST EVENTS: At the May meeting of the Culinary Arts Society of Ajijic (CASA), the presentation categories were: Brunch Entrée (Category A) and Muffins, Breads and Biscuits (Category B). Congratulations to the winners in Category A: 1st Place – Monica […]
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The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Johann Wolfgang von Goethe(1749-1832) The Guadalajara Reporter headline stared back at me: City’s Goethe* Institute Closes Its Doors. My eyes locked, a memory-dream claimed me: On the train to Frankfurt that night, my sole traveling companion turned out to be a student in his twenties, five years my
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A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Anger – Our Worst Enemy Anger is the real destroyer of our good human qualities; an enemy with a weapon cannot destroy these qualities, but anger can. Anger is our real enemy. –Dalai Lama The other day I was the recipient of an unfair
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STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. “ STRESS THE OTHER KILLER “PART III Epilog INTERPERSONAL CONFLICTS: Difficulties in coping are not always a matter of the individual and his or her circumstances. Often, life`s hurdles include dealing with personality conflicts. There are three kinds: Family, marital, or job- related . FAMILY CONFLICTS:
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—IN MEMORIAM— DIANE WILSON 1948-2011 Diane Wilson was born in San Francisco, California, the first of five children raised by Jennie and Bryce Wilson. She graduated from high school in Manhattan Beach, California, and planned to have a career in nursing until relocating to Guadalajara in 1968 to wed Salvador Aguilar Garcia. Following her
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MEXICO—Better And Healthier Than People Think! The population is aging, so many of the people who currently hold jobs are retiring, opening up jobs for younger workers. The last two presidential administrations fostered and encouraged home ownership, which is building a growing middle class. The current administration, at great cost across the board, is
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LINCOLN AND THE COPPERHEADS —Yesterday and Today By David A. Harper Democrats and Republicans, left and right, are separated by many issues but opposition to war has been one of the most basic principals of the Democratic left in the USA since the party was first formed circa 1800. It first became vitriolic when
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A Refugee’s Cycle of Despair By Kenneth John Clarke (Ed. Note: The poem below is in response to material that Kelly Hayes-Raitt read to the Ajijic Writers’ Group. By way of an explanation, Kelly writes: “In 2008, I spent the summer volunteering with Iraqi refugees in Damascus, Syria, through an excellent program coordinated by
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You Don’t Know Harry! By Tod Jonson On a crowded, celebrity-star-studded night in our Ajijic auditorium (May 3, 2011) Harry Wylie became the latest LIFETIME ACHIEVER here at Lakeside, being the only local author ever to write a book which was turned into a 5-time top award-winning movie. Harry Wylie was born and educated
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A Day In The Life Of A Government-Hater By Jeff Parker Joe gets up at 6 a.m. and fills his coffeepot with water to prepare his morning coffee. The water is clean because some tree-hugging liberal fought for minimum water-quality standards. With his first swallow of water, he takes his daily medication. His medications
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