Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez On Being Exceptional There is a new, but already highly rated show on HBO. The Newsroom stars Hollywood perennial Jeff Daniels, who has been mostly associated with whacky comedies like Dumb and Dumber and on occasion more sophisticated fare like Woody Allen’s quaintly touching Depression-era fantasy, The Purple Rose of …
THEATER—Greek word for “The Seeing Place.” By Barbara Clippinger Lakeside is home to many expat actors and directors. For some they’ve put their talents on hold to satisfy the demands of raising families and so have worked in conventional careers. Others have acted or directed most of their lives and now in retirement are …
NEILL JAMES—Ajijic’s Woman of the Century! By Tod Jonson (Ed. Note: This article was first published in the February 19th, 2012 edition of the USA Today’s weekend feature La Voz de Mexico.) Neill James lived for almost a full century. In late 1994, a century closed on one of the busiest lives most …
UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The Future of Libraries OK. I admit it. I have a Kindle and I love it. In fact, we now have two Kindles so we can each read any e-book we want without having to wait our turn. We can download e-books from our library in Maine, …
Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson “There is more than one way to skin a cat” goes the rather grizzly saying that could apply to the play of this month’s hand. In the diagrammed hand which was played at the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club in Riberas, North and South were playing …
Some Background Info On The Contest: Feria Maestros del Arte board members, Diana Ayala and Marianne Carlson, announced and presented the winners of the recent Feria-sponsored children’s art contest held this past month during the free Saturday morning art class at LCS. Judges Bridget Andrews, Feria Board Member and Maestros José Luis Cortez …
Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan, MA, LPC, MAC No Need to Get Old! It’s inevitable: life throws many challenges our way, and we must deal with them one way or another. Some things are just a fact of life; we don’t have to like it, but we can learn to accept it …
Night Flowers By Zofia Barisas The garden lies in deep darkness even in the noon of blazing day. A steamy pond lies still in wait for uncertain footsteps. Here aquatic green spiders, big as frogs, spin iridescent webs from leaf to leaf. Gigantic, ancient trees stand about like medieval knights. Their branches sweep the …
Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt Anniversaries We recently celebrated our fifth anniversary of our arrival in Mexico. While I no longer feel like a “newbie,” my days are filled with learning experiences. My husband and I experienced another “first” just last week. While we were both getting ready for the start of our …
Child Of The Month By Barb Corol Our first meeting with Kayra was overshadowed by her mom Maria Eugenia who arrived visibly upset. Her husband Jesus and father of her children had called to tell her that he would not be coming back as he had met someone else. This news devastated her. …
