Ojo Del Lago

Where is Little Martin? By Sergio Casas   Martin, my name is Martin, in honor of St. Martin de Porres to whom my mother asked for his intercession for my health because I was in a delicate situation. Two weeks after I was born, a respiratory complication forced me to be in an oxygen chamber.

Vexations and Conundrums By Katina Pontikes How to Murder Your Social Life     I think it all started with the pod concept. Covid required us to check out companions who had similar risk assessments for avoiding the disease. If they shared our precautions, which were very strict, we formed informal “pods.” Typically, one would

Ramblings From The Ranch By Christina Bennett   Puppies are fragile little creatures.  And even the best shelter isn’t an ideal environment for them. Without intervention, up to 30% of pups die.  The Ranch has faced an overload of puppies in the last few years, perhaps due to the COVID-caused reduction in spay/neuter clinics.  In

Streets of Mexico By David Ellison The Saint Patrick’s Battalion (Los San Patricios)   Were they turncoats or heroes? As with all martyrs, it depends on whom you ask.  In the mid 1800s, after the Potato Famine (and British apathy/antipathy) had murdered as many as a million Irish, a million and a half desperate survivors

The Mountain That Eats People The Nightmare Of The Potosi Silver Mines Dr. Lorin Swinehart   In the “Inferno”, first book of Dante Aligiere’s Divine Comedy, the lowest level of hell is reserved for those guilty of treachery. While many times and places may vie for the title of hell on earth, those who are

Pepper By Linda Steele   A few months after my back surgery, I was finally allowed to walk on a flat surface with a companion every day.  My daughter, Trudy, and I decided that we would walk in the parking lot at the high school just a few miles down the road.  It was June