Ojo Del Lago

Why I will Never Fly Through the US Again By John Ward TSA = Taze Suspect Air-travelers   It was a flight to Amsterdam in the winter of 2010. I checked in early and left my hold baggage with the airline. Soon I was heading for the security check point and found a line of […]

Ajijic’s Street Merchants By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarello www.antoniorambles.com anthony.passarello@yahoo.com   It’s nearly a century since pushcarts plied the streets of most American neighborhoods; sidewalk vendors of nearly every stripe went out of style when the nation traded Main Streets for malls. In Mexico street merchants are alive and well. It seems as if

THE HEAVENS FOR MY ROOF, THE EARTH FOR MY BED By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   There were six Boy Scouts in the tent: Dan, Gerald, Ralph, Jim Tipton, the future poet and “Man Who Fell in Love with Everything,” and myself.  Later in the week, another boy named Jim arrived, an irascible character that always

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Robert W. Service (1874-1958)   Certainly not a “serious”poet as defined by the poetry cognoscenti but one of my favorites because my mother introduced him to teenager me. She harbored a fascination for his poems and fell under the spell of the Yukon as depicted by Service during

  IN MEMORIAMKENNETH JOHN CLARKE—1938-2012—     Ken Clarke was born in 1938 in the town of Aldershot, in Hampshire England on July 4, Independence Day in the United States.  When he was 3, his family moved to Bodmin in Cornwall.  He felt a lifelong attachment to Cornwall, about whose history he wrote many times. 

Zombie Horde Returns To Ajijic! Ajijic is one of hundreds of cities on five continents who are registered to try to break the world record for simultaneous dancing. Thrill the World is an annual worldwide flashmob, done to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller,” to break the record and to raise money and awareness for charity.   Workshops will

Political Science 101     *We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop * If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance Speeches, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to Heaven. ~Will Rogers * Those who are too smart to engage in politics

Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Kathy Seaboyer: A Woman’s Art of Self-Realization   Kathy Seaboyer’s emotional, metaphorical and symbol-filled paintings require that we viewers bring a lot to the table if we hope to unravel the subtle and nuanced meanings hidden within her works. Tolstoy gave us a clue when he wrote, “Art is the

A Cat’s Perspective By Liz Hartman     I was taken from my owner’s home and placed in the animal shelter. I do not know why I am here. I had a nice home and a loving owner. I am very scared. Inside the cattery, I scurried to the top ledge, found a basket, and

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? By Judy Lacy   He (call him Monty) woke one morning feeling very ill, but he didn’t know why. Unfortunately, he waited until the next day to go to the doctor. An exam and electrocardiogram was followed by an emergency trip to a hospital in Guadalajara.  This article isn’t about signs