In this month’s Ojo you will see two pages dedicated to poetry. It is the Poetry Niche, and we have...

On 13 August 2005 two scholars, Eduardo Neves, a Brazilian, and James Peterson, Anthropology Department chairman at the University of...

Recently, Judy and I celebrated our 56th wedding anniversary. The event prompted a number of queries from folks wanting us...

Daria Hilton shares her story of a neighbor who became a father figure to her. She starts by saying: I...

Next year on Mother’s Day, take a bunch of flowers to the village and give one flower to every old...

Judit Rajhathy shares her memories of being a young Hungarian war refugee running from the Russian invasion with her parents,...

It happened February 18th after coming off the graveyard shift, muscling freight, outside, all night, on the dock. Ragged, cold,...

Celebrate The Solstice With A Full Day Of Gardening Tuesday June 21, 2022 is this year’s summer solstice, which marks...

Maximilian There are no streets in Mexico named for Maximilian, but there ought to be. Certainly no Mexican history would...

Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle , a popular community gathering in Ajijic, every Sunday at...

El Ojo del Lago likes to pay tribute to local residents who have overcome extreme hardship to bring success into...

The annual Entrepreneurship Expo at Jaltepec, now the Microenterprise Business Event was established in 2008 and is especially interesting. Its...

Doctors in the United States are known for, among other more positive qualities, their illegible handwriting. Their scribbles on prescriptions...

Why Chiangmai? 2002 I gave, threw or packed away my worldly possessions and set off to possess the world—ten countries...

Enjoy life’s journey Our pets do not have watches to keep track of time. Time doesn’t exist in a pet’s...

Post-Pandemic Blues We’ve heard from Dr. Fauci that the “pandemic” phase is behind us, yet COVID cases are still occurring...

The woman regrets not listening better to the dreams her husband had shared with her almost every morning. He was...

Who can forget the advertising icon of the strong, viril cowboy who roped horses, and smoked Marlboro cigarettes? Billboards populated...

Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall And The Spirit Of Being “Teched” “It is the duty of every citizen, for his own...

A Change in El Ojo del Lago In this month’s Ojo you will see two pages dedicated to poetry.  It...

“April showers bring May flowers,” or so says the nursery rhyme from my childhood. But here in Lakeside, where I...

Because my heart is weary. Because the angel of death is singing and dancing on the rooftops. Because my words...

My friend Joni Eareckson broke her spine in 1977, a swimming accident. Completely paralyzed, she no longer could use hands,...

The last vestiges of day had fled. The rich spicy aroma of recently trimmed hedges of rosemary permeated the warm...

I first visited Lake Chapala in 1997, when I came down with friends to compete in the Mexican National Chili...

I’ll never forget it. It was our senior year. My high school had a tradition. We held an annual male...

Don Beaudreau discusses the importance of trees, “The sacredness of trees is deeply rooted in religious conceptualization in early humanity....

Bernice awoke with the early morning sun. Tingling all over and squirming with excitement, she jumped out of bed, ran...

A few years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Guatemala. It was more like a pilgrimage. It...

On an early spring morning, when the day was just dawning, And the air was as still as a pond,

An Intergovernmental Government was formed in 1998 under the United Nations to draft legislation that would directly address and combat transnational...

After a long and futile search the adventurer sighted a mountain of glistening gemstones, (perhaps wet quartz crystals glistening in...

Carol Bowman describes a recent trip to Malta, where they drifted from the normal tourist attractions and discovered the essence...

The Lake Chapala Society host Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a...

the grandest civilizations of all time, Ra was the ancient Egyptian deity of the sun and the month of May...

You might associate my name with my Ojo pet articles, and not necessarily human medical topics. I was invited about...

What makes a feminist? Is it the result of a smart woman living her life under the thumb of a...

Carole Brown shares the latest work accomplished by the Centro Educativo Jaltepec, along with their latest zoom fundraiser and description...

There it was. In the middle of the sidewalk. Blocking my path. A black mask. A cubreboca, a mouth cover...

I used to think I knew English before living in Asia with Brits, Kiwis, Aussies, Canadians, and Germans that speak...