Ojo Del Lago

Letters to the Editor   Dear Sir: I was introduced to Javier Zaragoza a little over a year ago to talk about his ideas for a mural to honor Neill James, Mildred Boyd, Angelita Padilla and the Children’s Art Program. It would be painted in collaboration with another graduate of the program, Jesus Lopez Vega, and was to be located in the back patio […]

Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC How Many Nails Are in Your Fence?   People get angry. They get angry and do or say things they regret later. So they apologize. And then they get angry again because their apology is not warmly received and all forgiven. Sound familiar? So often I hear

THE BEGGAR By Roberto Moulun   The blue sky of the Bajio extended itself forever. The red, white and green Mexican flag fluttered in the southern wind like a bird escaped from the jungle. I looked at the beggar sitting on the fourth step of the church’s courtyard. He was immobile with his eyes fixed

Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt R-e-s-p-e-c-t     The morning rain was heavy, leaving the street gutters swollen with water. I was walking my normal Sunday morning route when I saw a pair of sweet young Mexican girls. One was about five years old, the other, about 18 months. The older one was leading

OUR NEW SOCIAL PAGE!   Have you ever wanted to send us a photograph of your once-a-year visitors, a special party, a meeting, or maybe even of just yourself? El Ojo del Lago as of our September issue will have a Social Page wherein Lakeside’s social life can be published by you.  It’s as easy

Child of the Month By Barb Corol   Meet our beautiful twins, Maria Estefania and Jose Roberto born to mom Brenda in April 2011. Mom was referred to Programa pro Niños Incapacitados del Lago by the DIF office in Jocotopec in January 2012. She was accepted into our program shortly thereafter. The twins were born

Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum   As a person walks down, or up that long steep street seeing the various Ajijic tianguis  booths,   it seems pretty easy  – show up,  set up,   and sell. It’s not that simple. Anita Strehlow of Anita’s Animals goes to the Ajijic market every Wednesday, in the heat, cold, rain

The Viagra Whisperer By Jonny Kottler   Marvin sat in the driver’s seat of his truck, technically; his Chinese wife, Jade, sat at his side, authoritatively. They were waiting for the parade to end in this small, Mexican, ex-pat town. “Let’s go. No more floats,” said Jade. “These parades can be tricky. Anyway, we don’t

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “This is the way of peace.”   Lately I have been busy discarding papers no longer necessary, and most of which never were necessary. But in the process, I rediscovered and did not discard a tiny blue pamphlet given to me years ago by a hiking companion,

MAY I HAVE THOSE MINUTES BACK, PLEASE? By Carol Ann Curtis   Ever wonder how many minutes of your life you’ve lost doing meaningless things?  When my children were young, I often had that thought. As I stood at their bedroom doors ensuring that toys and clothes were picked up and properly stowed away, I