Steps By Nora Thea Life is full of steps. When we are babies we must take our first step in order to walk later. We learn that in order to become adults we must take small steps. First we are in grade school, then junior high and high school and finally we go to
The Lone Ranger By Mark Schwimmer We knew very little about each others’ innards. I didn’t know what I required of him and was too young to ask even if I had. Anyway, it just wasn’t done. Parents and their children revolved in separate orbits. Interactions between the two camps were created by a
Letter to the Editor “Dear Sir: I was gratified to find my poem “Tenacatita Bay” included in the January issue under the byline of that talented and prolific writer Anon. He/she has written so many and so varied poems, limericks and epitaphs that I am flattered to be mentioned in his/her body of work.
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EINSTEIN’S EYES Einstein could see the fundamental meaning when others could only see numbers. He could see when the logic did not fit. His unseen sense knew what lay beneath. Sometimes I look at a garden or the sun shining on asphalt or into a child’s deep eyes And wish I, like
Literacy In Ancient Mexico By Ronald Barnett Literacy is often considered one of the distinguishing features of any civilization. In ancient of Mexico the codices, or painted hieroglyphic books, of the Maya, Aztecs and Mixtecs illustrate graphically the development from oral or spoken tradition to written or literally expression. Most native records were destroyed
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TALES FROM THE TRAIL: Top Ten Election Movies By Kelly Hayes-Raitt A recovering politician, I’m inspired by recent “top ten movie lists” to compile my own top ten list of great campaign movies. Chosen for their authenticity in describing tales from the trail are these films, in no particular order: 1. The Candidate stars
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Hairy Tales From Italy By Bob Tennison About fifty years ago British television took the right approach in that the one station at that time was BBC and the other station was all commercials only. Sadly, we here have come so far from that concept that one hour program is about forty minutes story
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Pepito Asks: Did You Know…? —That our website www.chapala.com is currently receiving over 9 million hits per month! —That all the ads and articles in our magazine also appear on our website! —That our magazine is all in color all the time! —That the Ojo has the largest Classified Section of any English-language publication
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A Metamorphosis By Margaret Van Every though superior in the great chain of being humans expire no differently than roaches belly up, facing the light Agatha already has her right foot in the tub, well on her way to taking a shower, when her eye trips over a roach in the classic death pose
Village Vignettes/Magical Moments By Micki Wendt Still in their crisp, white kindergarten uniforms, two young girls are playing out in front of their house, when a certain cowboy, a well-known local character, casually rides up to the girls to give them a better look at his horse. Beside themselves with excitement but with great trepidation,
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