Ojo Del Lago

The Journey To Fluency By Dilia Suriel   Iwitnessed a lady struggling to express herself in Spanish; despite my Latin features she asked: “Do you speak English?” “Exquisitely.” I responded.   She was a retired English Literature professor. She loved words and longed to express herself in Spanish. We embarked in a too familiar discussion, […]

JOURNEY TO THE END OF THE WORLDPart 4 By Carol L. Bowman Straits of Magellan and Beagle Channel   With the clang of anchors dropping, we witnessed our first view of the magnificent Darwin Mountain Range Ice Field. Ainsworth Island, where a colony of elephant seals gathers every spring to birth their pups, waited in

The Continuing Adventures of Mildred and Suzette… By Katie B. Goode Hopping On The Wisdom Train   Mildred hurried up the steps to the restaurant, late for her weekly lunch with Suzette. “Problem?” Suzette asked as Mildred plopped into her chair. “You know, you give your all raising your kids, think you’ve done a good

GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Dating at Lakeside   Home invasions and car thefts don’t generate as much conversation in our small Mexican village of Ajijic as the arrival of a single man or woman who is not accompanied by a full-time nurse. Dating, for those of us who live here, is rather like

STANLEY UNGER – Carney Man A Profile by Kay Davis   “Step right up, folks. That’s it, right up here.” A circus barker draws us to see the curious or challenges us to play the odds and win a prize. Remember The Music Man? A popular movie, it gave us songs like “76 Trombones” and

YOU SUCK AND SO DOES YOUR WRITING! By Martin Levin   In the annals of literature, the progress of friends and rivals has often been a matter of consuming interest to writers. The thoughts – often more the spewings – of those sufficiently in the grips of the green-eyed monster to go on record are

HAVE AMERICANS FORGOTTEN WHAT DEMOCRACY MEANS? By David A. Harper   If I hear one more politician say he is doing what the American people want I think I may vomit. What hideous hypocrisy. They are elected to do what is right, not what some phony poll says the people in the street think is

Lady With a Lance By Mildred Boyd   In her photographs she looks like any pleasingly plump, gentle but none-too-bright Mayan matron wearing traditional native clothing and a winning smile. That appearance is a lie. This woman is no ignorant peasant. By rights she should be shown in full armor with a banner on her