Ojo Del Lago

A Pink and Purple Christmas By Tom Nussbaum It started as a joke. It became an obsession. The four of us, strolling through Portland’s Festival of the Trees, were enjoying and evaluating the dozens of Christmas trees decorated by the region’s largest corporations and most identifiable big businesses. The trees had themes. One was adorned

If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum   Part of this month’s article is about Sex. There is always something to learn.   Well, that got your attention. Since this is a family magazine and this column is about pets, this topic is about puppy and kitten litters and their creation.  A friend and I

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com   ‘It takes a village to raise a child’ is an African proverb, meaning an entire community keeps watch on the children and interact positively. It is true of most of the villages here at Lakeside. They are of a size that most

Front Row Center By Michael Warren Everything in the Garden by Edward Albee (adapted from the play by Giles Cooper) Directed by Peggy Lord Chilton   The original play by Giles Cooper opened in London in 1962, and Albee wrote an American version a few years later as a tribute to his friend. It’s described

El Dorado, Part III The Conquest of Perú By Robert Drynan Atahualpa’s ransom included filling this room once with gold and twice with silver.   The first attempt at exploration of the interior of the South American continent was undertaken in 1522 by Pascual de Andagoya. He landed at a point near where the border

Juan Manuel de Solórzano By David Ellison   “Oh, fortunate you who knows the hour of his death!”   The legend of Juan Manuel had its roots in history, but blossomed into a macabre horror story, a morphing of Othello, Jack the Ripper, and Scrooge. Juan Manuel arrived in New Spain in 1623, taking up

LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 December 2021     “Words have power. They have impact. Breath is wind, wind is voice and voice is power.” -Lee Maracle The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle every Sunday at 10AM, a popular community gathering in Ajijic, to enjoy a diverse range of presentations. For more

Timothy G. Ruff Welch, Musical Director of Los Cantantes del Lago Brings Singing Back to Lakeside Linda Goldman et al. Timothy G. Ruff Welch   After a COVID induced hiatus Los Cantantes del Lago will return to performing “It’s Christmas” this December at their new home The BRAVO! Theatre. Many residents are familiar with the

Verdant View By Francisco Nava The Monarch and Milkweed My partner has created a monarch nursery in his garden to collect, nurture and help birth Monarch butterflies. The magic of watching a small, tri-colored caterpillar grow amazingly fast and metamorphosize into a chrysalis is astounding. More so, when the chrysalis opens and the transformed caterpillar

Unsung Heroes By Carol L. Bowman bowmanl@prodigy.net.mx Gerardo Martinez MiLian   We all know that the proper functioning of public services like water, electricity and internet can make the difference between a good day and a miserable one. Here in Mexico, as is anywhere in the world, there are times when a break-down occurs, and