Ojo Del Lago

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Travel Plans I’m planning a trip to the USA and dreading every moment of it. Oh sure, there are family members I look forward to seeing, and a special occasion my husband is really looking forward to. But I am not looking forward to the whole process of leaving

Letter To The Editor   Dear Sir: To Paul Jackson, I returned on March 31 from traveling in Australia and New Zealand during February and March.  Consequently, I had not read your silly response to my factual comments on your column until April 1, appropriately.  Certainly you should know gobblydegook, gibberish, and jiggerypokery since that

Child Of The Month By Rich Petersen Tadeo de Jesús Barajas Aceves   Programa pro Niños Incapacitados del Lago is pleased to present this sweet 4-month old little guy, Tadeo de Jesús Barajas Aceves. Tadeo is the youngest of three children and lives with his parents in Chapala. His mother, María Liliana (shown here) is

Opera On The Bus By Gary Donaldson   There is a certain serenity one feels from time to time when the universe opens itself up to you and shows you all of its possibilities. There are minute cracks in the seemingly perfect order of things. God and the universe are perpetual and harmonious bodies in

Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com No Secrets   A while back I received a phone call from a lady who had a dog management question relative to transporting two dogs north. We discussed her questions and when we finished she said her friend had said, “If you talk to Art could you

Firearms Reveal Lives Of Two Literary Giants By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway   In his recent biography, Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life and Lost, Paul Hendrickson reports an incident that occurred in 1934, while his subject was fishing with Archibald MacLeish. When the famous poet failed to hook a

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “This longing to be beautiful….” Almost twenty years ago I was wandering around southern Brazil. For several days I had been immersed in the mist and almost overpowering beauty of Iguazu Falls, actually a system of 275 waterfalls running over a mile and a half on the

Viva la Vida Loca en Mexico By Sergio Drumond SERGIO DRUMOND is an artist, theologian and writer. Born in Brazil, he worked in Europe and Asia as a book illustrator, cartoonist, painter and animator. He also lived in the Philippines, Japan, and Thailand, teaching art as well as helping NGOs with social and relief work.

A New Lease—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Am I Crazy? (Narcissistic Personality Disorder)   A dear friend of mine recently dated a man who came very close to literally driving her crazy. This is a woman who is well respected in both her profession and her community, is one of the most

The Snowbird’s Lament By Ardelle Holden   What do you do for a whole six months,When you are in Mexico for the long Winter Season?We sigh deep sighs and roll our eyesWhen predictably asked this proverbial question.When first we see the Ajijic sun,The Welcome Back Season has just begun.Panteones come alive with Days of the