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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 […]

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

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

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

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

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

The Anniversary By Robb Howard “David please, I want to celebrate my anniversary,” Lori pleaded. “I want us to have a special time.” It was her fifth anniversary and it was the fourth anniversary of their meeting. Lori had met David when she was celebrating her first anniversary. She had taken herself out to a

A Life Measured In Snowballs By Bonnie Phillips otterwomanwrites@yahoo.com   Snowballs. It’s odd how commonplace things,   things as simple as snowballs can conjure up long forgotten memories. As I write this I realize a lifetime can be measured in many ways; for me, it is measured in snowballs. Three weeks ago, in Mexico, where I

Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum   Who is Anita? Anita is many different things to various people. She is an educator for the young and some adults,   instructing them   about proper respect and care for animals. She sometimes is a family counselor/confidant when a person is having a difficult time dealing with problems at home.