Lois Schroff, Author at El Ojo del Lago

Have you heard of Michaelmas?

Leave a Comment / September 2023 / Lois Schroff

EVENT CANCELED Just as Christmas is a celebration honoring the Christ, Michaelmas is an arts celebration dedicated to the Archangel Michael, and normally held on September 29th in Christian churches around the world. Mexico is no exception. Mexico has at least eighty churches dedicated to Saint Michael. Their location in villages/towns/cities bear the preface, San Miguel—for example, […]

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The Undertow

Before moving to Mexico in 2005, I lived for ten years at Virginia Beach, Virginia, only one block from the powerful Atlantic Ocean. Many happy hours were spent strolling among the highs and lows of gentle currents, knowing all the while that the pull of moon and tides could spell danger. Would I get caught