Ojo Del Lago

OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2016 THE 22ND OJO AWARDS LUNCHEON   With John Ward, Ed Tasca, Mark Sconce, Jeanne Stewart, Patrick duMouchel, D’Le Beatty Tobias, The “Underwood” tappers were Val Jones, Allyson deJong, and Maritza Freyslinger, and providing the super music Roberto Ortiz.   The latest luncheon which drew well over eigthy people was one of our […]

The Waiting Room By Bob Branson     As I walk into my urologist’s waiting room, the television blares some sitcom from years ago. Chairs are arranged back-to-back and I choose a seat facing the nurses’ station, next to the magazines. I stare mindlessly at the TV, dreading my scheduled PSA test. A woman enters

WRITERS REJECTIONS: Egging the Window to Their Souls By Ed Tasca     Come on, read this. Just keep reading. That’s it, go ahead, keep reading. That’s it… good. It is this text in any magazine that makes up its marrow, its essential content, something good writers spend hours sweating out just for you. So

Puppies: Chick Magnet or Social Crutch By John Comando     There’s something about a puppy. They’re cute. They’re cuddly. There’s something about a puppy that women love. They can’t resist running up to them, bending down and petting them.“Can I hold it?” they implore.The enterprising guy can see opportunity in this phenomenon. It answers

Flawed Candidates By Henri Loridanshenri.loridans@gmail.com     Much ado is being made these days about the imperfections of the leading candidates in the race for President of the United States. Let us compare with some of our greatest holders of that office in the past. Thomas Jefferson performed poorly as a wartime governor of Virginia,

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt     My Mother would have loved Mexico. The idea of living in Mexico never occurred to her. My parents had their retirement all planned, and that included Arizona, not Mexico. But that was not to be. After all, when they were planning their retirement, Mexico was just a

Bent Twig By Bernie Suttle   I heard the bullhorn. “Throw down your weapon, stand up, put  your hands on top of your head.” Bruno remembered what his Dad always said, “Stupid. Stupid.  As Stupid is, Stupid does. You’re going to school makes no sense. You’ll just be an educated idiot.” I was six-years old

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   A Centenarian is a person who lives to or past 100 years. At this time the United States leads with 72,000 at 100 years of age or older. Of which over 82% are women. The oldest recorded was 127. Granma Moses was 101 when

Rambling From The Ranch By Rachel McMillen HELP WANTED: No Experience Necessary!   Do you care about the welfare of dogs? Are you concerned with the over population of dogs in need of adoption?  Are you traveling to the Seattle area anytime soon? If so, The Ranch has a job for you! People traveling to

Child of the Month By Nicole Sergent, Clinic Director Xochitl Natalie, G.M.   Xochitl was born in 2007 and, she is part of our Chapala clinic. She was born premature and was soon diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is defined as a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing