The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) Focus on Art – September 2017 BrettFoster Estela’s sculpture really must be seen in person although it photographs well to experience it personally you can “feel” the work truly awe-inspiring. Editor’s Page – September 2017 Herbert Piekow Well laid out and […]
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The Spanish Olive Caper By Pia Kraus Aitken In 1984, I decided to take the whole family to Spain to celebrate the winter holidays. The whole family included my 6’ husband, two boys both 6’4” tall, one daughter, 5’10” and me at 5’8”. Height became relevant the moment we landed in Madrid. Knowing how chaotic
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Sayulita’s Desert Brother By Duncan Aldricduncanaldric@yahoo.com There is a place in the high desert well known to many of the inhabitants of Sayulita, that is to say, well known to the Huichole, whom inhabited Sayulita in days of old and new, and to a great few of us interlopers as well. To the Huichole
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Magnificent Mexico By Mildred Boyd The Men In White Paintings and statues from pre-Columbian times show that the female of the species had to take a back seat when it came to personal adornment. Kings and nobles bedecked themselves in gold, silver and jade in the form of pectorals, armlets, lip plugs and ear
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The Burro, The Llama & The Pony By Kay Davis It was a hot afternoon at the circus, upper 90s, no rain relief in sight. Barney, the burro, was nibbling dry grass. Close by stood Patty, the Shetland pony, and at the far end, Larry the llama chewed his cud. Then a wagon arrived with
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The Presentation A Short Story by Rob Mohr I was at peace, focused on the majesty of mixed hardwoods that surrounded me, when a young woman, more doe that human, jumped a log and came to a breathless stop beside where I stood. Her face unleashed the force of the wind of the past
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OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2017 THE 23ND OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON Special Thanks to Mark Sconce and Olga Kaplounenko for providing the outstanding entertainment, and also to Roberto Ortiz for his supurb musical stylings. The latest luncheon which drew well over one hundred people was one of our best ever. To our winners—heartiest congratulations, and to the
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October 2017 Please select one: Online format Only articles (respond to any article here) Magazine style format Articles and ads just as it’s printed
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez The Greatest Novel Ever Written Hemingway thought Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn was one of the best novels ever written; others have thought it was Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, or Melville’s Moby Dick, Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights, Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Tolstoy’s War and Peace, Jane Austen’s
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The Theft Of History By Kelly Hayes-Raitt Few places in the world have endured the carnage that Palmyra, Syria, has during its 5,000-year history. The ancient city’s towering gate and 375-columned colonnade have withstood massacres, marauders, an earthquake and centuries of sandstorms. Now the ruins of this former caravan trading hub are funding history’s
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