Focus on Art By Rob Mohr robmohr@gmail.com Soul’s Delight: Contemplation of a Painting *All paintings mentioned in this article may be seen on this Focus on Art web link. https://picasaweb.google.com/robmohr/FocusOnArtFebuary2012?authkey=Gv1sRgCIi429qQ9vry6AE Contemplation of a fine painting, like enjoying a nuanced wine, entails exploration of a created world filled with savor, emotion, contrast, and mystery which, […]
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Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: (To Al Trottier, whose letter was published in the January issue.) It is you who need to check your claimed facts, Al. I challenge you to offer evidence of any “murders” involving members of the Occupy Wall Street movement. A person was killed in an incident in Zucotti
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren How The Other Half Loves By Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Dave McIntosh Brilliant! How The Other Half Loves is one of the best shows I have seen on the LLT stage. It’s a tour de force of theater which requires perfect timing and pace, and this cast delivers
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Nifty One-Liners Having children is like having a bowling alley installed in your brain. If you’re in hell with someone, and you’re still mad at them, where do you tell them to go? I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days attack me at once. My ex-wife says that
Stay Healthy! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. Internal Medicine & Geriatric Specialist Mdjmcordova1204@yahoo.com Physical Changes In Aging Epilogue CHANGES IN EYESIGHT: Like the rest of your body, your eyes age. As a result, they become less “elastic.” This kind of change most often affects the lens, resulting in difficulty in focusing on nearby
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My Most Embarrassing Moment By Ardelle Holden When my children were teenagers, I frequently operated on auto-pilot. Get up, get dressed, go to work, come home, make meals, do the laundry, go to sleep. I avoided shopping trips until absolutely necessary, and when I did ran out to the mall; I really didn’t look
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The World’s Greatest Lover By Neil McKinnon (Ed. Note: The following is an excerpt from Neil McKinnon’s latest book, The World’s Greatest Lover.) To begin, women must understand that there are only three types of men: deadbeats, philanderers and lowlifes. Today, I will describe the philanderer. This gentleman may be identified by his unique
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The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) MOVING TO ECUADOR Judy Boyd We’ll keep a light on for you. UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE – AUGUST 2011 Brian Sullivan Do you know who the writer is for Variety who made that statement? I have gone to the Variety archives and
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The Tiger In The Grass By Harriet DoerrBook Review by Alice Hathaway Sometimes in Mexico, summer rain can be seen falling, all at one time, on isolated patches of the landscape. This is selective rain, wetting a chapel in one village, the train station in another, a long empty stretch of highway in another. When
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What Would Have Been: 2012 Lakeside Community Awards By Tod Jonson In 1987, under the auspices of El Ojo del Lago, an awards show was developed while I was editor of the magazine. Sr. Richard Tingen, publisher of the magazine, thought it was time to honor the Ojo literary contributors. The first four or five
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