Ojo Del Lago

The Cowboy Christmas Posada By Larry Kolczak   About every other week, there’s some kind of excitement around here.  Couple of months ago, it was the cowboy’s Christmas celebration. They do it in mid-January so as not to compete with the more conventional, religious Christmas activities. They and all their families get together along the

MIGUEL MORA—A Muralist for the Ages By Rob Mohr   In 2013, during a national event in Guanajuato, Miguel Mora was named one of the 10 top muralists in Mexico. Recently, Mora’s new Mural, commissioned by the Instituto Technilogico Superior Chapala, was dedicated, and honored by dignitaries from State and Local governments. Focused on the

LINDA BUCKTHORP—“A Woman of Valor”* By Elsa Wasserman   Today Linda lives in the “house of her dreams” overlooking Ajijic Village, her gardens (mostly desert plants to save water), Lake Chapala and the encircling Sierra Madre Mountains. She journeyed, however, over much difficult terrain to finally reach this place. Seeing Linda for the first time at

Time Is Like A River By An Anonymous Contributor   Time is like a river.You cannot touch the water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again. Enjoy every moment of life. As a bagpiper, I play many gigs. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a grave

Bones     Bones betray your perfect skinyour grey-green eyes,your secret smile –always beneath the smilebehind the eyesalways I see the bones. Moments of tendernessmoments of hopesomehow entangle me,though I know this universemust end, and these soft armshide only bones. I throw these words downto be consumed –no sonnet will speak my love,only my sweet

Volcanoes In The Neighborhood By Alice Hathaway   Live volcanoes often have craters where rain collects in scalding lakes. When underground heat rises through the water, steam bursts into the sky. As the pressure of gas and hot ejecta builds in the tube, the clouds rise higher. Scientists can guess that an eruption may be

Dear Portia Advice to the Lovelorn the Overfed and the Deeply Disgruntled   Portia, Portia! Just hazarding a guess here, but I think you may be the twit who lacks a life! You remember Lucretia?  She’s been the pigment of your infatuation for some time now, and, well, the sad truth is she also was mine. My

MEXICO: Safety over Sensationalism Courtesy of AMAR*   Baja, California -Mexico, one of the world’s great travel destinations, is often singled out for violent crime without telling the whole story. While there is sporadic violence along parts of the U.S. border, the majority of Mexico’s key tourism areas are not only safe, but safer than

Silentium     Withdraw, be silent and conceal The dreams you hold and what you feel. Within your soul in stillness let Your inner visions rise and set Like stars at night in their commute: Pay homage to them—and be mute. How can the soul its truth impart? How can another know your heart Or

The Story Of The Three Egrets By Tony Burton   Three related but different species of white herons can often be seen somewhere near water almost anywhere in Western Mexico, including Lake Chapala and other nearby ponds and drainage ditches. They are the great egret, the cattle egret and snowy egret. If all three species