In this month’s Ojo you will see two pages dedicated to poetry. It is the Poetry Niche, and we have...
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Mirage de el Dorado – Complex Civilizations?
On 13 August 2005 two scholars, Eduardo Neves, a Brazilian, and James Peterson, Anthropology Department chairman at the University of...
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Recently, Judy and I celebrated our 56th wedding anniversary. The event prompted a number of queries from folks wanting us...
Read MoreFather’s Day Without Rogelio
Daria Hilton shares her story of a neighbor who became a father figure to her. She starts by saying: I...
Read MoreProfiling Tepehua – June 2022
Next year on Mother’s Day, take a bunch of flowers to the village and give one flower to every old...
Read MoreI Remember . . . Well.
Judit Rajhathy shares her memories of being a young Hungarian war refugee running from the Russian invasion with her parents,...
Read MoreThe Window
It happened February 18th after coming off the graveyard shift, muscling freight, outside, all night, on the dock. Ragged, cold,...
Read MoreVerdant View – June 2022
Celebrate The Solstice With A Full Day Of Gardening Tuesday June 21, 2022 is this year’s summer solstice, which marks...
Read MoreStreets of Mexico – June 2022
Maximilian There are no streets in Mexico named for Maximilian, but there ought to be. Certainly no Mexican history would...
Read MoreLakeside Living – June 2022
Kim LeMieux Email: kimslakesideliving@gmail.com The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle , a popular community gathering in Ajijic, every Sunday at...
Read MoreLOCAL PROFILE: Maria Del Carmen Romero Aviña
El Ojo del Lago likes to pay tribute to local residents who have overcome extreme hardship to bring success into...
Read MoreCentro Educativo Jaltepec – June 2022
The annual Entrepreneurship Expo at Jaltepec, now the Microenterprise Business Event was established in 2008 and is especially interesting. Its...
Read MoreDr. Henscratch
Doctors in the United States are known for, among other more positive qualities, their illegible handwriting. Their scribbles on prescriptions...
Read MoreLife in the Laugh Lane – June 2022
Why Chiangmai? 2002 I gave, threw or packed away my worldly possessions and set off to possess the world—ten countries...
Read MoreIf Our Pets Could Talk – June 2022
Enjoy life’s journey Our pets do not have watches to keep track of time. Time doesn’t exist in a pet’s...
Read MoreVexations and Conundrums – June 2022
Post-Pandemic Blues We’ve heard from Dr. Fauci that the “pandemic” phase is behind us, yet COVID cases are still occurring...
Read MoreDear Dreamer
The woman regrets not listening better to the dreams her husband had shared with her almost every morning. He was...
Read MoreMarlboro Men
Who can forget the advertising icon of the strong, viril cowboy who roped horses, and smoked Marlboro cigarettes? Billboards populated...
Read MoreThe Most Famous Farm In America
Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall And The Spirit Of Being “Teched” “It is the duty of every citizen, for his own...
Read MoreEditor’s Page – June 2022
A Change in El Ojo del Lago In this month’s Ojo you will see two pages dedicated to poetry. It...
Read MoreWhen Will We Have Rain?
“April showers bring May flowers,” or so says the nursery rhyme from my childhood. But here in Lakeside, where I...
Read MoreWhy I Cannot Write A Political Poem
Because my heart is weary. Because the angel of death is singing and dancing on the rooftops. Because my words...
Read MoreTheater Arts: Incredible But True
My friend Joni Eareckson broke her spine in 1977, a swimming accident. Completely paralyzed, she no longer could use hands,...
Read MoreThe Night of the Gypsy Boy
The last vestiges of day had fled. The rich spicy aroma of recently trimmed hedges of rosemary permeated the warm...
Read MoreTitanium Tillie
I first visited Lake Chapala in 1997, when I came down with friends to compete in the Mexican National Chili...
Read MoreAnd The Hits Just Keep On Coming
I’ll never forget it. It was our senior year. My high school had a tradition. We held an annual male...
Read MoreI Talk To Trees And They Talk To Me
Don Beaudreau discusses the importance of trees, “The sacredness of trees is deeply rooted in religious conceptualization in early humanity....
Read MoreI Whistled and the Sky Danced
Bernice awoke with the early morning sun. Tingling all over and squirming with excitement, she jumped out of bed, ran...
Read MoreThe Guatemalan Easter Parade
A few years ago, my wife and I took a trip to Guatemala. It was more like a pilgrimage. It...
Read MorePHIL the harmonic hummingbird
On an early spring morning, when the day was just dawning, And the air was as still as a pond,
Read MoreProfiling Tepehua – May 2022
An Intergovernmental Government was formed in 1998 under the United Nations to draft legislation that would directly address and combat transnational...
Read MoreMirage de el Dorado
After a long and futile search the adventurer sighted a mountain of glistening gemstones, (perhaps wet quartz crystals glistening in...
Read MoreThe Subtle Secrets of Malta
Carol Bowman describes a recent trip to Malta, where they drifted from the normal tourist attractions and discovered the essence...
Read MoreLakeside Living – May 2022
The Lake Chapala Society host Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a...
Read MoreVerdant View – May 2022
the grandest civilizations of all time, Ra was the ancient Egyptian deity of the sun and the month of May...
Read MoreYOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team
You might associate my name with my Ojo pet articles, and not necessarily human medical topics. I was invited about...
Read MoreMarion Davies and Me
What makes a feminist? Is it the result of a smart woman living her life under the thumb of a...
Read MoreCentro Educativo Jaltepec – May 2022
Carole Brown shares the latest work accomplished by the Centro Educativo Jaltepec, along with their latest zoom fundraiser and description...
Read MoreBallad Of The Abandoned Cubreboca
There it was. In the middle of the sidewalk. Blocking my path. A black mask. A cubreboca, a mouth cover...
Read MoreLife in the Laugh Lane – May 2022
I used to think I knew English before living in Asia with Brits, Kiwis, Aussies, Canadians, and Germans that speak...
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