As retired high school teacher and financial writer Andrew Hallam and his American wife Pele relax near their camper van parked at Lakeside, it seems a good moment for general reflection. 

While people from distant lands have been putting down roots in Lake Chapala area for more than a century, the influx of new foreign settlers appears to be growing by leaps and bounds, with no end in sight. 

“Nonfigurative” may be the perfect word to describe the work of Danish-Norwegian artist Nils Erik Gjerdevik, whose collection fills six large rooms in the Instituto Cultural Cabañas until July 29.

It was the second half of the 1800s.

Kerri Moon is not someone who believes in separatism. What she believes in is bringing people together in community around a common set of principles, and sees lakeside as an ideal place to create such “intentional communities.”

You won’t see many chocolate eggs in stores in Mexico. Rather, the Mexican staple during Lent is the empanada, a flaky crust folded into a triangle and containing cheese, tuna, mushrooms, potatoes, strips of chilis and other non-meat fillings.