Ojo Del Lago

Imprints By Antonio Ramblés antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Pisac, Past & Present   It’s only a few blocks drive along Pisac’s narrow streets before the central plaza appears. Only one side of the plaza is visible on this Thursday morning, and scattered among its handicraft shops are a café with wi-fi, a pizzeria, and an ATM. The other sides are

Letters To The Editor   Dear Sir: I read a comment letter you printed in June’s issue, from Cesar Cisneros, that was nothing more than a personal attack on Robert Nipper for an article he submitted (May issue) as part of the Lakeside Conservative Group. Mr. Nipper was called every name this person could think

UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The Paradox of Choice?   It doesn’t seem like that long ago when if we didn’t get to see a particular film we wanted to see in the theatre, we had to just hope it would come on television someday. Some did, but most did not.  I recently took

“Talk Like A Hoosier Pirate” Spanish By Cindy Paul   In my thirty-six years living at Lakeside, I’ve heard hundreds of newly ensconced ex-pats make the same rash promise: “I’m going to learn Spanish this year.”Flushed with excitement and love for a new life and a new culture, they always say this as if learning

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Which Provider?   When we first moved to Mexico, people back in Minnesota asked us “What are you going to watch on TV?”Now, that would not be my first question when asking about another country…but, I explained, unlike the United States, they have cable television that had more than

The Girl On The Old Shingled Roof By Carol L. Bowman   “Wait until your father gets home.” Whenever I heard that daunting phrase, a veil of gloom passed over me like an invisible plague. I knew what was coming. I knew that my stomach would do flips at the dinner table and our kitchen

The Gift Of Love     For fifty years I was his wife, Partner, lover and friend for life. We learned that love was ours to give This made our lives a joy to live. Our lives were full of usual things, Like family and all that brings. The good and bad were ours to

Political Masochism By Fred Mittag   Can you imagine a man saying to his hangman, “Here, let me help you tie the noose”? Or somebody without insurance, who needs heart surgery, but is opposed to Obamacare? It happens. Everybody knows the Republicans oppose labor unions, unemployment insurance, safety regulations, and the minimum wage, but still,

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “Every day takes figgering out all over again….”   Mexican poet, writer, diplomat, and Nobel Prize winner Octavio Paz writes that “Tomorrow, we shall have to invent, once more, the reality of the world.” Indeed, all of us have to invent, each day, “the reality of the

Smelling Memories By Kathy Koches   My little dog cocks her head to one side, her black nose quivering as she detects a scent. I sit wondering what it might be, as the smell is undetectable to me. Something has caught her attention and her tail begins to wag – is it the delicious aroma