Tears in the Mirror By Robert Drynan When I was a teenager, I found I had an undeveloped talent for graphite pencil and ink drawing. At that impressionable age I wanted to be a marine and so I drew pictures of soldiers in battle. But as much as I tried, I could not draw
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Mexican Grace This is a new regular feature column inspired by the September 15, 2019 Open Circle presentation of stories that manifest “Mexican Grace.” El Ojo is looking for more anecdotes that relate the many encounters, initiated by expats or locals, that exemplify the special forms of mutual giving and receiving that define the Mexican
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Idiocy and Pandemics By John Ward At the height of the “Dark and Stupid Ages,” His Idiotic Holiness, Pope Gregory IX, on June 13, 1233, instigated the first papal bull of his papacy: the Vox in Rama. This was a papal bull which decreed that the domestic cat, which had served us well through the
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A Life Well-Justified By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez(From the Ojo Archives) There is a line in the Bible (one of the very few that I can remember!) which says something about how lucky that man is “who can walk into his own house justified.” Recently, I had cause to remember that line when a friend sent
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Conversations With a Mask By Neil McKinnon Recently, Judy and I celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary by dining at a local restaurant that had just opened after having been closed due to the pandemic. The staff were wearing masks, music was playing and there was a buzz of conversation from other patrons. After a scrumptious
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A Letter From Mother Earth All the riches you have stolen may be won in vain. As you exploit my waterways and open every vein, surely you can hear me crying out in pain? When it comes to my riches, each madman wants a piece at the cost of reason, willing to break the
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com The sudden deaths that happened at the beginning of the alcohol ban, due to people drinking rough sugar cane alcohol that had not been cut properly, shone a light on a beloved past time of the villages… El Pajarate. The local Star Bucks for Sunday
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Editor’s Page Thanks For The Memories By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez It is with a sad but grateful heart that I advise our wonderful readers and writers that because of eyesight problems, I must bring my 25-year tenure as the Ojo’s editor to a close. It has been a joyous ride, made possible by Richard and
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Jack: A Dog’s Story A Farm Dog’s Heroic Act Suggests Existential Dilemma Dr. Lorin Swinehart Albert Einstein once observed that the only true question is whether or not the universe is a friendly place. Looked at another way, the ultimate dilemma concerns the meaning of life or even whether life has any meaning at
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If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum June is warm-weather time, and there are two major things you need to focus on in the care of your pets. First, provide full-time access to fresh water so he does not get dehydrated and over-heated. Second, be aware of fleas and ticks. You should check
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