Ojo Del Lago

My Sex Life As A Fire Hydrant By Jeremy Monroe   One day I became a fire hydrant. Sounds odd I suppose, but really not so different from Gregory Samsa.l Surprising, yes, but less disgusting. And, we never learned about Gregor’s sex life as a bug. Probably we had preconceived ideas about that too. My […]

Maggie and the Hot Sheets Motel By Roberta Rich   Driving three thousand kilometres from Vancouver to Colima, Mexico with Maggie is an unalloyed pleasure- except for one thing. She is seven years old now, placid, sedate, the doggy equivalent of late middle age, kind of like us. She has her bed in the back

A LURE By David Bryen   Tired of scooping salamanders from under the surface of the lake, naming them and racing them against her younger brother’s hoard, she ran up to me with a new idea: “Daddy, can I take the Aqua Pod out and go fishin?  I wanna catch a fish.” Standing up from

PEPITO ASKS:DID YOU KNOW…?   That our website www.chapala.com is currently receiving more than six million hits per month! —That all the ads and articles in our magazine also appear on our website! —That our magazine is now all in color all the time, and the response to this innovation has been terrific! —That the

THE CORKSCREW By Harriet Hart   When I arrived at the front desk of the Fantasy Land Hotel in the West Edmonton Mall, I was handed my room key and two complimentary passes to the water park. This was my first attendance at the Canadian Paraplegic Association’s national meetings since my recent promotion. “First impressions

Chia—Revival of an Ancient Aztec food By Roxanne Sumners Utzman   Would you like to stabilize your blood sugar, decrease your cholesterol levels, lose weight and increase the nutrient content of your foods?  Try chia seeds! The chia plant (Salvia hispania) belongs to the mint family and grows naturally from Mexico to South America.  The

WRAPPED UP IN THE DEAD SEA By Carol L. Bowman   How can a body of water be so deadly that no living thing, except one type of bacteria, can survive within its midst, yet be so therapeutic for the human organism? How is it possible to start at ‘sea level’ and travel down 1300

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

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. DECEPTION:  Unhealthy skinny people?   “Being thin doesn’t automatically mean you’re not fat.” —Dr. Jimmy Bell, Imperial College, London    One of my members recently asked me to write an article about how very important it is to exercise even if your weight and body

CHILD of the month By Rich Petersen Juan Antonio Galaviz Vaca   Bright and smiling, this is two-year old Juan Antonio Galaviz Vaca who lives in San Antonio with his parents and one older brother. Mom María Guadalupe has to stay at home with her younger son; dad Gonzalo is a gardener. Our child this