Ojo Del Lago

ACTUAL COMPLAINTS—Received by “Thomas Cook Vacations” Courtesy of Art Hess 1. “I think it should be explained in the brochure that the local convenience store does not sell proper biscuits like custard creams or ginger nuts.” 2. “It’s lazy of the local shopkeepers in Puerto Vallarta to close in the afternoons. I often needed to

TRANSITION—Part Two A short story by Rob Mohr(Continued from last month)   “Carla, what’s going on? When you left yesterday you seem frightened, as if our time together had been too real, too much fun, and too different from what you have experienced in the past.” “Maybe some of that – but I am here

We All Get Old In The End Courtesy of Christy Wiseman   * I changed my car horn to gunshot sounds. People get out of the way much faster now. * Gone are the days when girls used to cook like their mothers. Now they drink like their fathers.  * You know that tingly little feeling

When The Magic Goes… By Anonymous   After a few hours of fitful sleep, he woke up one sultry Saturday morning in July, in a fetal position, trembling and shivering. He didn’t want to live any more. He had been drinking until two in the morning, before passing out on the carpet of his study

—Wayne Palfrey—   Back in 1974, John Goodridge and Richard Tingen, worried about their children’s education at the time, decided to go to private bilingual schools in Guadalajara. Oak Hill School agreed to come to Chapala, sending Wayne Palfrey as principal and school manager. With financial help and volunteer parents, the school opened its doors