The Blame Game How much longer can the world sustain the endless and unnecessary playing of the Blame Game? This is a vile and malicious game that has been played throughout time. The etymology of the phrase divide and conquer (from the Latin divide et imperia) first appeared in English around 1600.Its most common use […]
Editor’s Page – October 2025 Read More »
As August signals the end of summer, it is often a time of reflection and renewal. And so, for September, we are starting to make some changes in the Ojo. The post-Covid demographics of our readership have changed, and we have had an influx of new arrivals in the area. So, we have planned some
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Artificial, yes. Intelligence? Not so much Each of my days are spent in front of a computer screen as my work is all computer work. As Editor for the Ojo I must read a lot of material, research, fact check, contact people, answer questions and email. It is a full-time job. This makes me both
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Rain, Rain, RAIN! During the hot arid months of spring, we anxiously await the arrival of the rainy season. We get to the point where we beg for cooler temperatures, and moisture to tamp down the endless dust and refill our evaporating lake. Each summer we feel the temperatures rise higher and higher. People make
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Rest in Peace Pope Francis gave the Blessing at Sunday’s Easter Mass at St. Peter’s Square, then mixed with and waved to the thousands of people from his simplified Pope mobile, returned to his apartment and celebrated Easter Monday with God. April 21, 2025 – The world mourned the death of Pope Francis, who died
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April is a month of renewal. And while northerners may be experiencing April showers in hopes of May flowers, they are also preparing to celebrate Easter with stores showing pastel decorations of Easter bunnies and candies and creating Easter eggs out of anything but real eggs. They will go to church maybe once with their
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Slow Your Roll Let us all stop and take a deep breath. The entire world is going through monumental changes. And we all must stop. Take in a long breath and take a deep breath. The events in the world have gotten more hectic since January as the man who now occupies the position of
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Small Acts of Kindness While standing in one of those endless lines at a farmacia in Guadalajara, I entertained myself by watching people. This farmacia is attached to a small laboratory that manufactures a special medication I must have. But it is also a neighborhood pharmacy, stocked with basic necessities of a neighborhood farmacia. Surrounded
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We each have our individual reasons for coming to Mexico. Some come to visit, while others come to stay. It is not an easy thing to pull up roots and move to another country, especially when we are older; yet so many of us have. I think it takes a certain type of personality to
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Bubbles Bubbles. We are fascinated by them. Is there anything more joyful than watching a child beam with wonder as they create bubbles with their wand? There is much laughter and fun when we blow bubbles for our cats and dogs and watch the sun produce a rainbow of reflections before the bubbles inevitably POP!
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