Ojo Del Lago

Letters To The Editor   Dear Sir: I may be a bit behind my reading, but I’m whole-heartedly behind Lorin Swinehart’s guest editorial in January’s El Ojo:  “Wildlife Crime — A Moral Outrage!”  Swinehart brilliantly connects the dots among wildlife poaching, arms dealers, modern day slave traders and drug dealers, pointing out that the illegal […]

Sojourner’s Truth By Mark Sconce   By now, most Americans are aware that the author of the Declaration of Independence and the third president of the United States fathered at least one and probably five other children with a house slave girl by the name of Sally Hemings.* But I wonder how many know, as

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King moonie1935@yahoo.com   “Life isn’t about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain” Drumming on the tin roofs of the habitats of Tepehua, the rain sounds like marbles as the echo bounces off the cement floors and walls of the 10 x12 homes. The walls bead

Child Of The Month By Barb Corol   This beautiful little girl is Mayte, diagnosed shortly after birth with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a broad term used to describe a group of chronic “palsies” – disorders that impair control of movement due to damage to the developing brain. CP usually develops by age 2

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   Duplicate bridge fans are well aware of the importance of overtricks but sometimes you need to be in the correct contract before those additional tricks can materialize. In this month’s hand, South opened 1 spade with 17 high card points. North responded 1 no trump which in

The Dogs By Teri Saya   Different sizes, different breeds, you see them trotting in packs or sometimes alone, but they all have that same desperate look about them. The street dogs are wary, dirty, and smart. We had lost our dog to cancer three years ago and once we settled in Mexico, we started

Ain’t Life Grand! By Jack Fink   SOME STUDIES now indicate that there are substances in tea that may help prevent cancer. IN SOME COUNTRIES, cats were officially considered part of the personnel of museums, prisons, libraries and post offices. The New Zealand Postal Service only recently crossed cats off its list of personnel. “PSYCHOANALYSIS

Dancing With Ted By Bonnie L. Phillips otterwomanwrites@yahoo.com   The blizzard created mountainous snow drifts and partially covered Sarah’s farm house. It was Sarah and Ted’s retirement gift to each other, their escape from New York City. After many years of renovation it was completed a week before their fiftieth anniversary, the week Ted had

Grumpy, Grouchy, and Griping By Carol A. Curtis   Oh, my god! Another sunny day in Mexico! The almost constant, nice weather puts me in a continual foul mood, and the day has hardly begun. I mean it’s irritating to have the sun foisting its rays down on us so often. What I wouldn’t give