Ojo Del Lago

Lakeside Living Shelley Edson Phone: 376 – 765 – 4049 Email: Shelley.el.ojo@gmail.com   October 2011   PAST EVENTS A cheerful crowd attended a story-telling event at LCS to benefit Jim Collum’s Education Fund, and listened to an afternoon of readings from Jim’s works by well-known community actors and writers Jim Tipton, Liz White, Fred Koesling […]

THE OJO INTERNET MAILBOX (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.)   WELCOME TO MEXICO – JUNE 2011 * Wes I’ll buy that loose change off you by the pound if you live in the US and the price and shipping is right. I collect coins, so hoarding them is a terrible habit

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Are You Eating Cancer’s Favorite Food?   HFCS is high-fructose corn syrup and it is the main ingredient in most soft drinks, fruit juices, sports drinks and many processed foods. Despite research that this particular sugar is indicated in many disease processes many health professionals

Viva la Vida LocaBy 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. He and his

Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton “Ah so….”   I have always loved the old Buddhist tale, “The Ah So Story.” Charming and instructive, it begins like this. Many years ago, in a little village in northern Japan, there lived a beautiful young woman named Kichi, daughter of the wealthiest and therefore—at least

CHILD of the month By Barb Corol Julio César Blas Ramos   This good-looking guy is 12-year old Julio César Blas Ramos who lives in Ajijic with his aunt and uncle and his five siblings. Julio César suffers from recent onset of A.L.L., Acute lymphocytic leukemia, also known as acute lymphoblastic leukemia or acute childhood

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce Anonymous (2200 B.C.—Present) This month’s column will exhume a body of poetry from the Tomb of the Unknown Poet.   He’s written more lines than any other poet. His story begins over 4,000 years ago on the eve of the Bronze Age and the dawning of the Iron Age.  He

Anita’s Animals By  Jackie Kellum   Oct. 4th  is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi  and  World Day For Animals,  recognized universally by Animal Societies all over the world.  At times it is hard  to  keep  faith in humankind   when you see cruelty in various forms  in the treatment of animals here at Lakeside

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt What Makes a Restaurant? Before moving to Mexico, I envisioned Mexican restaurants to be like the “Mexican Restaurants” in the USA.  The one we frequented near our previous home sat about 200 people, at large wooden tables with large chairs. The bright décor was “traditional Mexican” and there were

Focus on Art By Rob Mohr Magic Realism: A Visual Poetry of Fantasy and Dreams   Salvador Dalí wrote, “There is only one difference between a madman and me. I am not mad.”           My recent interview with Jesus Lopez Vega brought into focus the evocative, revolutionary power of Magic Realism (MR) to impart a fresh