Theodore Roosevelt’s Greatest Challenge Dr. Lorin Swinehart A recent film,The Revenant,features Leonardo de Caprio as mountain man Hugh Glass, who in 1823 was abandoned by his companions after surviving a near fatal grizzly attack but trudged, floated and crawled 200 miles to find help at Fort Kiowa. During his ordeal, Glass took shelter inside
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: I can hardly contain my excitement at the news I have to share with you. In the January 2016 El Ojo, you ran a poem I wrote called “In Solitary,” about Albert Woodfox, who was being held in a Louisiana prison. I am overjoyed to tell you that
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Language of Love I don’t have the words to tell you how much I love you, but this I know: I am not at fault for trying, for Pablo Neruda, who in the still of night, with his sonnets, ripped the future words from my mind, giving them to Matilda. “…when I hold you
“WILDFLOWERS & GLIMPSES OF THE LAKE CHAPALA AREA” – A DVD Fundraiser Lake Chapala is dramatically bordered to the north by a steep rugged mountain range called “Sierra de San Juan Cosalá.” Accentuated by huge basalt rock formations, its summit reaches well over 7,500-feet in elevation. There are a number of challenging trails within
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A Chip Off The Back By Mel Goldberg “Take your shirt off, lie down on the towel, and stretch your arms out above your head. Put a piece of it in your mouth. This is going to hurt like hell.” “Can’t you give me something? An aspirin, maybe?” “Don’t be silly, man.
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ART HESS Column: Anyone Can Train Their Dog Website: Raised and educated in Alberta and pursued a mixed career of business, livestock and real estate. Had a life-long passion for working with dogs and horses. Next came 12 years near Victoria on Vancouver Island where we had several more business’ and
NICOLE SERGENT Column: Child of the Month Website: Nicole and her husband Bob have lived in Ajiic since 2007. Nicole has lived in Canada, Japan, Portugal and Spain. She speaks French, English and Spanish. Since her arrival in Ajijic, she has been active in the community. She worked for the
VICTORIA SCHMIDT Column: Editor’s Page Website: Victoria Schmidt came to Mexico with her husband, in 2007. She is a graduate of Moorhead State University, Minnesota and graduated Cum Laude with a BA degree in Radio, Television and Film. At 23 she was hired at multi-national media corporation, where she worked 10
SANDY OLSON Column: Lakeside Living Website: Sandy Olson is a typical San Franciscan, and that’s enough about that. As a career, she was a community college instructor, first as a parent education specialist, though she has no talent with children, and later as an ESL instructor, getting hired with no knowledge
MOONYEEN PATRICIA KING Column: Profiling Tepehua Website: Settled in Mexico 13 years ago. The intention was to retire into the arts as a writer, poet and painter…that didn’t happen. Beneath the smiles of the peoples of Mexico there was such a great need for change, especially for the women and children
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