Ojo Del Lago

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   There is always a special satisfaction in bidding and making a slam at bridge, especially if you have to play extra carefully to bring it home. Lorne Hamblin and John Wells managed to do just that in the illustrated deal when playing at the Lake Chapala Duplicate […]

“American” Is Not A Language! By Fred Mittag   Truly, some right-wingers must have a large skull several inches thick in order to protect a brain the size of a pea. Predictably, Rush Limbaugh became upset and paranoid that Coca Cola produced an ad for the Super Bowl in which “America the Beautiful” was sung

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen Kingmoonie1935@yahoo.com   In Ecuador, the foundation ATISM, is a project to support small business loans to indigenous women. “The aim is to combat the effects of poverty in the different communities across Ecuador. The project weaves together the micro-management knowledge, which is generated through training work-shops, with alternative access to micro-credit,

CONSTITUTIONAL CONSERVATIVES —Who Are We? By Robert L. Nipper   Constitutional Conservatives subscribe to a steadfast adherence to the precepts written in the Constitution of the United States. We oppose the “change” instigated by the Obama regime to alter, and mostly ignore, its wisdom and relevance. A great deal of the passionate ideology felt by

Holding Hands With a Stranger By Margaret Van EveryLibrophilia, 2014ISBN 978-0-9845025-3-0120 pages180 Mexican pesosReviewed by James Tipton   For decades Lake Chapala has seduced many accomplished writers to her sunny shores. Some say the communities on the north shore are really the center of serious expatriate writing in Mexico. Fortunately for those of us who

RITA GOLDEN GELMAN —The Original Female Nomad Wanders Into Chapala By Kelly Hayes-Raitt   When she let go of her life as she knew it, Rita Golden Gelman connected with something larger: a lifestyle with no permanent address, baggage filled with memories not mementos, and an infectious desire to encourage everyone she touches to connect

For Your Eyes Only By Dr. Rigoberto Rios, MD   Spring Conjunctivitis Curiously, the time of the year we often consider the most beautiful with the start of an annual cycle, is also the time when a number of physical disorders emerge, and our eyes are not excluded. Spring conjunctivitis, also known as vernal conjunctivitis, is a