LAKESIDE LIVING Sandy Olson Phone: 331-283-8529 Email: sandyzihua@hotmail.com April 2019   READ THIS FIRST! If you’ve picked up your copy of Ojo del Lago fast enough, you’re in time to attend the National Theatre Live broadcast of The Madness of King George, shown at the Lakeside Little Theatre on April 6 and 7 at 4 […]

Blind Spot Fiction by Antonio Ramblés   Myra’s husband Paul had been dead nearly a year when a couple young enough to be her children moved into the long-vacant home next door. Throughout the long vacancy, a gardener had faithfully tended their yard, and while Myra often admired the flowers through its wrought-iron fence, she

A Secret Within A Secret By Rob Mohr   Blue sky, dark shadows with yellow and orange breaking through along the horizon animates this morning spent exploring. I have taken pictures of everything that caught my attention in a search for some hidden inner world – one I could enter, traverse, know, and become part

The Tears Of Horses By Dr. Lorin Swinehart   “An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great message.” —Martin Buber The class of young student nurses stood in shock and horror as they witnessed the scene of carnage in the local slaughter house. Pigs, squealing in desperation, were herded into a tiny, crowded

The Darwin Awards Are Out! Yes, it’s that magical time of year when the Darwin Awards honor the “least evolved” among us. Here Is The Glorious Winner:       1. When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim during a hold-up in Long Beach, California would-be robber James Elliot did something that

Driving In Guadalajara Is Easy! By Suzie Lotven   (Ed. Note: What follows is the literary equivalent of burlesque. Readers are strongly advised to take none of it too seriously!) Driving in Guadalajara is easy. You just have to know the rules. Not the laws—the rules. First and foremost, if you are in front you

The Dancing Girl By Sydney Gay   For a number of years handsome James Riddle, Pastor of the Catfish River Church, catered to a congregation of six elderly women who adored him, although no one else attended the church. He delivered messages that set their souls on fire. Riddle captivated these ladies, he penetrated their

Roger Daltrey, The Who And Me By Tom Nussbaum   The Who claimed, in 1967, they could see for miles and miles. It might have been the hallucinogenic drugs. I also can see for miles and miles. But for me, it is the result of my recent cataract surgery. I didn’t—no pun intended—see it coming.

LETTING GO—Saying Goodbye to a Dog By Robert James Taylor   Several weeks ago I had to make that painful decision, that many of us have to make, one that we dread, and yet a decision we have to face in the name of compassion: putting your beloved dog to sleep. My companion of five