O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,How can we know the dancer from the dance? W.B. Yeats The Dancing Girls Of Ajijic By Mark Sconce An Ajijic mother glances at her daughter Seated beside her and smiles approvingly… She looked to be of tender age, Her full attention on the stage; Her […]
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THE OJO INTERNET MAILBOX (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) HEARTS AT WORK LaVon Davis Swinehar Jim, this piece is excellent……your true talent is quite evident……I look forward to the “more next month”. THUNDER ON THE RIGHT Linda Steele Well said! I agree! STEPPING OUT OF MY COMFORT ZONE
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Village Vignettes By Micki Wendt A new game called canicas seems to have evolved in my neighborhood now that the rains have started. Boys of all ages and a few grown daddies, too, sometimes a dozen of them, play this game in the street with great interest, laughter, hooting, and howling. It appears
ESTOFADO—Comes to Ajijic! By Mikel Miller Ajijic resident Susanna Chavez Sánchez has a dream: to create an Estofado industry at Lake Chapala offering artistic and economic opportunity to villagers. Estofado, used by European Masters since the 15th Century, is the technique of applying gold leaf to three-dimensional sculptures—often religious figures. “I was only six-years-old when
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August 2012 Please select one: Online format Only articles (respond to any article here) Magazine style format Articles and ads just as it’s printed
Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez WARREN BUFFETT—The Benevolent Billionaire He’s the world’s third richest man, yet for the last several years he’s been playing the “common man” roles made famous in the old Frank Capra movies like Mister Smith Goes to Washington and It’s a Wonderful Life. In the process, he’s become that rarity
Day Dreamers By Robojobohttp://bobojojos.blogspot.ca/ These are my Tres Amigos in Jalisco. The little guy in the middle is Pancho. He steals the refresco out of my hands whenever I’m not paying attention. They hang out on the street outside of the market which the smallest girl’s family owns. She dances in front of the
Stepping Out Of My Comfort Zone By Richard (Rick) McGrawrmcgraw@greenrockfunds.com Getting out of my comfort zone on a two-day pilgrimage on horseback to Talpa de Allende with Mexican friends gave me new insights and greater appreciation for Mexican culture and life. I wasn’t sure whether I was up to the challenges involved, but I
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer The Gay Rights Evolution When teaching my critical thinking class in Maine, I often needed to find a controversial topic which would lend itself to class discussion. In the early 1990’s, gay rights was not a popular issue to discuss. If a student suggested it, the male students would
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson Desperate circumstances call for desperate measures and there were many frantic moments in this declarer’s play of a wafer-thin contract. This hand gave conniptions to South when it was played at one table during a match point duplicate game at the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge club
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