Robert (Rob) has been a long term resident of Lakeside. For fifteen years he wrote Focus on Art as a monthly column in the Ojo del Lago. He has a Master’s in Fine Arts degree and a Doctorate in Spirituality. But poetry has been his life time love. He was one of the founding members

“But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what the right is doing.” —Jesus Christ It was the first Friday in May, the month of Mary. The School Sisters of Notre Dame, our teachers encouraged the kids of our Catholic school to receive Communion during the morning Mass before

Braiding Sweetgrass Every so often, but not too frequently, a book crosses your path that resonates clearly with your own beliefs, which fills in those effective gaps, which astounds and educates you, taking you to greater levels of understanding. Braiding Sweetgrass Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and The Teachings of Plants by Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer

The teacher says, “Stop what you are doing and pay attention. Soon it will be Mother’s Day. I want you to take a blank piece of paper and draw a picture and write a thought or message for your mamá. It will be a gift made by yourselves.” This is my first Mother’s Day at

Plutarco Elías Calles Like Porfirio Díaz who’d supposedly opposed presidential reelection, only to serve seven consecutive terms himself, Plutarco Elías Calles decried caudillismo (strongman rule), but eventually became El Jefe Máximo (The Supreme Leader). After fighting in the Mexican Revolution and serving in the presidential administrations of both Carranza and Obregón, Calles received a nod

Poems of Metamorphosis By Margaret Van Every A fan of Margaret Van Every’s poetry for many years (I read her book Saying Her Name three times), I am delighted to review her new poetry collection In a Better Place: Poems of Metamorphosis (February ’24). Here the word “metamorphosis” refers to our final transition. This book