The Last Train Ride By Gabrielle Blair Jaw tight, feral fear grips gut like hunted beast, He steps into the early light. With calm resolve, his ticket clamped in sweaty palm, He lets the work-bound crowd direct his path, His destination quite clear. The minutes drag, the platform is a blur. Not long and
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) A TRUE DOG STORY Sandy Ojo del Lago, do you do any fact checking? This story has been roundly denounced as false by Snopes and every other urban legend site. Sure it’s a great story, but it’s not true! The Canine Medal
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: I picked up a copy of the August Ojo at Sandy’s Bookstore here in Guadalajara the other day and came across the article by Cindy Paul titled “Talk Like A Hoosier Pirate.” I sincerely hope that this article was written in jest and was not to be taken seriously
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Letters to the Editor Dear Sir: Robert L. Nipper, in the October entry for his “The Conservative Corner,” says that Maurice Strong is “…a Communist…disguised as an environmentalist to destroy American industry.” The statement lacks credulity and any factual basis. It borders on defamation of character. It is like saying Mohandas Gandhi was disguised
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Stop Your Money from Lining Someone Else’s Pockets By Andrew Hallam You probably moved to Mexico for at least one of three reasons: the weather, the culture, or the low cost. Mexico is affordable. So your pensions go further. Many expats also have investments. But their money ignores sound investment principles. Let me introduce
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Busted! By Pia Kraus Aitken piakrausaitken@gmail.com It seemed so logical at the time. We had awakened in our snug mountaineer tent to the placid sound of rain on our canvas roof. Cozy. A great time to go back to sleep and wait, but a day of adventures in the Ozarks of Missouri awaited us
LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com November 2014 COMING EVENTS BETRAYAL…ADULTERY…LIES… EVEN IN AJIJIC The upcoming show at Lakeside Little Theatre is Betrayal by Nobel Prize-winning author Harold Pinter. It’s an intense drama about adultery and lies and the misremembered memories of love. From left: Dave McIntosh, Jacinta Stringer,
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Alebrije What? By Marianne Carlson It was over 80 years ago when he awoke from a dream that changed his life and the lives of his family forever. Don Pedro Linares was suffering from a deadly illness when he dreamed there were trees, rocks, clouds, rare animals changing shapes with horns, claws and
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King moonie1935@yahoo.com Poverty in Mexico, according to Wikipedia, is divided into two categories: moderate poverty or extreme poverty. As of 2013, Mexico’s Government estimated that 33% of the population live in moderate poverty, 9% extreme; that makes 42% of the total population live under the national poverty line. Some economists
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The Bucket List By Kathy Koches Many of you have seen the movie The Bucket List starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson. It is the story of two terminally ill men, corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers, who have nothing in common except for their terminal illnesses. While sharing a
