One Breath By Kirsten Clodfelter   There is something haunting and calm about the bottom of the pool, about the near-silence underneath water. Lacerations of light have cracked along the cement, and the sunlight is filtered, muted. There is something lonely, too, about the way sound seems to be an echo of the past, perhaps […]

El Ojo’s Writers’ Awards     Few places on the planet do  Give rise to a mystique.  Lake Como does and Khatmandu,  And then there’s Ajijic.  A thousand sixty miles south Of Phoenix burning heat. It’s often known by word of mouth Where literati meet. D.H. Lawrence knew it well, But not the only writer,

Swine Flu Vaccine Update By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.   There are a number of different opinions around the world regarding the necessity and benefit of a vaccination for the 2009 HlN1 Influenza, the proper name for the Swine Flu. The purpose of this article is not to give you my personal opinion about

My Father Written by Bobby Johns   My heart leaps to the sound of hobnailed boots on the cobbles. Sometimes, in the dark, sparks fly. A mighty man is my dad!! A hug at the door I smell tobacco in the hair of the Harris Tweed. He clasps me to his chest, the flickering fire,

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR   Dear Sir: Mel Goldberg’s “A Response to the Muir Article” in your October issue began with a quote that I am sure he was not aware was most aptly applicable to himself. In his case, however, the prison in which he is entrapped may not have been fabricated by himself

A QUIET DEATH By Rob Mohr   When my mother died  my sister bathed her  in the silent stillness  of death’s embrace  where love alone could not save. Watching too I turned my head In time to see the bare essentials laying there, fallen leaves that marked her stay. Her spirit’s passage too quick to

QUERÉTARO—Muy Clasico! By Maggie Van Ostrand   Writing a newspaper column about the greatness of Mexico can earn the writer a good deal of mail running the gamut from “Do you know a good dentist in Morelia?” to “My wife and I would like to know where we should start looking to live in Mexico.”

INSIGHT STRAIGHT By Jim Tuck A Bleeding-Heart Liberal Looks at Jane Fonda   Though the Vietnam War has been over for several decades, one of its burning issues was dramatically revived in a recent book titled Aid and Comfort. The authors, Henry and Erica Holzer, argue that Jane Fonda should have been tried for treason

FRONT ROW CENTER By Michael Warren Regrets OnlyBy Paul RudnickDirected by Barbara Clippinger   If all you require from the theater is a superb set, glamorous costumes and some witty one-liners, Regrets Only will send you home happy. If you want to see a good play, you may have regrets. Paul Rudnick, a successful writer

Notes From Nestipac By Phyllis Rauch Medical Music   It’s November and I’ve just celebrated another birthday. It’s likely that I will experience at least as many visits to the Dr. and dentist in the coming year as in the last. Whatever this year brings in the way of medical events or surprises, one thing’s