Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez (Note: Given the events here at Lakeside over the past few weeks, we have decided to re-run an editorial that was first published several years ago. In these difficult times, we should not make things worse by “turning up the volume.” Instead, we should stay calm even while remaining […]
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Call To A New Genre By Janice Kimball After eight years of full time study I earned a Master of Fine Art from the University of Illinois, Chicago. I was 50. A young professor told me that even though I was so old I would always be considered a “young artist.” He was wrong….well,
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The Old Man And The Mojito By Carol L. Bowman What a better way to start our quest to visit Ernest Hemingway haunts in Havana, the city he adopted as his creative playground from 1939 until 1960, than to take a vintage coupe to his finca, La Vigia (Lookout). Warm Caribbean air breezed through
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EXPArTexpo Definition: The EXPArTexpo will be held at the “Baby Boomers 50+ Living Show”, the 8th and 9th of June 2012 at Ajijic, Jalisco. We were glad to select Ajijic for representing the most popular Retirement & Expat destination for North American citizens, and because we conceive it as a highly organized community, formed by
Uncommon Common Sense By Bill Frayer billfrayer@gmail.com What’s Happened to Conversation? I remember, years ago, when people started to use answering machines. I used to feel nervous that I would have to deal with one of these devices and think of what to say if I was asked to record a message. By the
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Bridge by the Lake By Ken Masson Advancing players are always seeking fresh ways of improving their bridge knowledge. One of the newest and best sources is the Internet where countless bridge sites offer everything from every convention ever invented to real-time coverage of tournaments from around the world. Among the best of these
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Andy Rooney On Sex! 1. When I was born, I was given a choice – a big pecker or a good memory…. I don’t remember what I chose. 2. Your birth certificate is an apology letter from the condom factory. 3. A wife is a sex object. Every time you ask for sex, she objects.
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC Speak Up – I Can’t Hear You! About 12% of the U.S. population or 38 million Americans have a significant hearing loss. That number soars to about 30-40% for those over 65. Because the onset of hearing loss is usually insidious, gradually worsening over the years,
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Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: Chance meetings between strangers, especially in Ajijic, can prove to be significant in quite unexpected ways. I found the following experience to be a timely reminder, and I pass it on to your readers in good faith. Last month I struck up a conversation with a most interesting man
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GETTING STARTED By Bob Jones Did you ever wonder what you were meant to do in life or what you’d be ending up being. A doctor? A truck driver? A clown? (Well, I did make that.) And at what age did you find out? Well, it took me a long time compared to some
