Charlotte’s World-Wide Web By Mark Sconce Just Imagine…somewhere in the world right now, a child or the parent of a child is turning the first page of the most popular children’s story in U.S. history, translated into at least 35 languages. They’re reading the first sentence in Swedish or Mandarin or Braille: “‘Where’s Papa
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Moonlight On “Lake Louise” It’s three am—my rest belied—The screen door hardly makes a soundAs carefully I step outsideTo see if wildlife abound. There! Three coyotes ‘cross the lake,Nocturnal hunters at their meal;Now one less rabbit will awake,I once imagined, now it’s real. Tonight a gibbous moon is brightDirectly overhead and starsIlluminate a stygian
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AVALANCHE! Buried Alive It’s only hypothetical, but how would you survive An avalanche scenario: Buried while alive? The only food you could have brought was your own food for thought; Starvation of the mind, it seems, means all you have forgot! In such a situation, aren’t you likely to regret All the petty,
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Troubling Implications By Mark Sconce Dr. Morris Schwarzblat Let’s step back a moment and look at the long view. Our existence on planet earth is but a moment in geological time. Yet in that short period, we have accomplished many things in the three principal fields of human activity—physical, mental, social. In the process,
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Champion For Change By Mark Sconce Peter Luciano, President, Lakeside Little Theatre Half way into his second two-year term, the President of the Lakeside Little Theatre takes time from his formidable schedule to sit down with the Ojo and reflect on his tenure, the current state of affairs and his plans for the future
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Beauty Is Sovereign By Mark Sconce A cartoon some years ago from England depicted a field trip of sorts; a teacher and his flock of adolescent boys in their public school uniforms peering through a museum window. At least the teacher was peering. The boys’ collective gaze was fastened instead on a beautiful, elegant
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LINCOLN AND MEXICO—The Play! By Mark Sconce The Little Theatre was jam-packed with ex-pats and Mexicans affably getting to know one another. Excited chatter filled the hall and patio of our Lakeside Little Theatre. You could tell that something special was about to happen. Attractive women in beautiful outfits and admiring gazes gathered around
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Wherefore Art Thou, Romero? By Mark Sconce Those who read my February book review of Michael Hogan’s Abraham Lincoln and Mexico may remember the name Matías Romero. I described him as a young envoy sent by Mexican president Benito Juárez to meet and influence the new president, Abraham Lincoln. Now let’s turn the microscope
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Señor Tope By Mark Sconce While dining in Paris last year, I had the great good fortune to run into Sr. Tope, originally of Chapala, Mexico. He was sitting alone in Au Pied de Cochon, a restaurant famous for its pig knuckles. Elegantly dressed, mustachioed and reading a past issue of El Ojo del
Brigadoon II By Mark Sconce When she first saw me, the jar of water on her head almost fell into the dusty road. Recovering her balance if not her composure, she heard me say Namaste but rapidly walked away behind a hut. After a long day’s trek starting in Pokhara that morning, I was
