Editor’s Page Guest Editorial by Fred Mittag Emergency at the Border?   “I will build a great, great wall on our southern border. And I will have Mexico pay for that wall.” – Donald J. Trump Trump intends to ride the Mexican border all the way to the next election. He claims rapists and criminals

Layla Visits the Shaman Don Cuauhtémoc By Jeanine Kitchelcasamayamx@gmail.com Sierra Occidental Madre Mountains   Even Layla had a divination as a child; she was ten at most. She remembered her mother dragging her to a pueblo even poorer than Valle del Gatos where she grew up. It was a long journey as they traveled by

If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum(From the Ojo Archives)   Your dog looks forward to a walk with you, but Summer months present health challenges and sometimes hazards. These are some hot weather pet safety tips for your companion. Never leave your pet in a car! Parking in the shade and even leaving

Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson   The bidding was short and sweet on this deal from a game played recently at the Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club in Riberas. But, as is often the case, there was more to the play than was obvious at first glance. North dealt and holding 19 high

Fantaisie-Impromptu (With Apologies to Fredric Chopin) By Sandy Olson   I was excited about going to the San Francisco Main Library that night. Anne Lamott was going to read from her new book Notes on Hope. I got there early and found a seat in the front row. People started to come in and a

Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach DunstanMA, LPC, MAC(From the Ojo Archives) Good Sex is Good for You!   In his book Sexual Healing, Dr. Paul Pearsall, Director of Behavioral Medicine at Detroit’s Beaumont Hospital, writes that the joys and pleasures of intimate loving may provide us with something called an “intimacy inoculation” that actually protects

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   June 4/5th,1989, thirty years ago, is the anniversary of the Massacre of 10,000 young students in Tienanmen Square, Beijing, China. May 1989, Martial law was declared in Beijing to quell the rising pro-democratic movement and the protests against the Government for human rights violations.