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Book Review	Date: June 2022Reviewer: Kathy KochesTitle: The Mexico Lunch PartyAuthor: Sonia Day Brief Synopsis: This is the enchanting story of four women “of a certain age” …	Kathy Koches
Poetry Niche	Anticipation The vivid hues of flowers are muted by the dust. The radiant green of leaves now dully turned to rust. The nightly coquetries of …	Mel Goldberg
Pink Pencils	One chilly morning in late August, I drove in to work like every other Saturday. I had a job behind a checkout counter in a …	Carol D. Bradley
Verdant View – August 2022	August August’s official birth flowers include the gladiolus and poppy. August, eighth month of the Gregorian calendar. It was named for the first Roman emperor, Augustus Caesar, in 8 BCE. Its …	Francisco Nava
Rain In The Ravine	“Martin, come play soccer with us.” “No thanks. I’m too bad to play soccer. Besides, they are about to set up the pozole stand.” Mago, …	Sergio Casas
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – August 2022	Your professional relationship with your family doctor / PCP [Primary Care Physician] is an important part of your life. Without being ‘funny’ it will be …	Jackie Kellum
A Brush With Death	Daniel had been looking forward to it all day. The movie would start at 7:30 pm, and he planned to meet his girlfriend, Angelina, in …	Gabrielle Blair
Lakeside Living – August 2022	Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com The Lake Chapala Society host Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a diverse range …	Kim LeMieux
I Never Had a Horse	I never had a horse. My wife, who grew up on an acreage in Iowa, had six of them over the years. I grew up …	Larry Kolczak
Your Gay Granddaddy Tells The Family Secrets	My mother always outdid the other mothers in our 1950’s Washington, D.C. middle-class neighborhood. Especially in preparing extravagant meals for the chosen ones invited to …	Don Beaudreau
A Dark Prince of Colombia	In Cali, Colombia, Alberto Hernán Guerra, a young man suddenly found himself as head of the substantial family business when his father, Don Saturno Guerra, …	Robert Bruce Drynan
Life In The Laugh Lane – August 2022	The Electric Fishermen Nature is my next-door neighbor. My outdoor kitchen/deck faces a marsh and the mountains. If something drops off the counter or deck, …	Scott Jones
If Our Pets Could Talk – August 2022	Many times a pet will let you know he is not feeling well. We need to learn and recognize signs of these health changes, compared …	Jackie Kellum
Ulterior Motives	It was nearing dark on a sultry summer evening during my fourth season as a National Park service ranger on an island out in Lake …	Lorin Swinehart
Vexations and Conundrums – August 2022	Abundant Joy We have had our hillside home here overlooking Lake Chapala for twenty-one magical years. It is hard to explain to someone how special …	Katina Pontikes
Streets of Mexico – Agosto 2022	Teresa Urrea She was the Mexican Joan of Arc. In 1889, when she was 16 years old, Teresa Urrea suffered an acute case of catalepsy, …	David Ellison
The Criminal and Me	In early 1972, when I was almost 19 and my parents were divorcing, I chose to live with my father. He was a man who …	O.B. Hollew
Editor’s Page – August 2022	One Nation? I was born into a staunch Republican family. My mother signed me up for Teenage Republicans, and my folks also gave financial support …	Victoria Schmidt