Letter to the Editor Dear Sir: I often wonder if the Ojo readers would be better served if all political comment were avoided. A lot of what gets printed about political issues falls into the category of “inaccurate,” cheap shot sensationalism and Fred Mittag’s guest editorial in your May issue certainly fits the bill. He […]
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Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC The Devil’s Radio Rumors run rampant here at Lakeside. And false rumors seem to run even faster than true ones. What is it about small-town living that makes everybody else’s business so interesting? In a small community like ours, we are all more visible to each
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UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayerbillfrayer@gmail.com What You Know May Not Be Correct! I recently came across the following quote from the British philosopher, Bertrand Russell: “The value of philosophy is, in fact, to be sought largely in its very uncertainty. The man who has no tincture of philosophy goes through life imprisoned in
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson One of the first adages aspiring bridge players learn is “Eight Ever, Nine Never.” This refers to the best way to play suit combinations when you hold 8 or 9 cards in a suit missing the queen. The theory is that with just 8 cards you should
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A Love Story Love in Action Orphanage started on a mountain in a potter’s shed. It took love and six years to renovate that shed, and eventually move the orphanage in 2008 off the mountain to a bigger better place on Pedro Moreno in Chapala. The building on the mountain stood empty for two
The Brujas of Mexico and California By Fred Mittag Medical marijuana is available in California in dispensaries if one has an easily obtainable certificate of need. Production and consumption have become so entrenched that it would be foolish for the government to try to enforce federal laws. Cable TV recently presented a full-length documentary
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OF FAITH AND FABLES By Bob Haynesbzhaynes@gmail.com “Here I Raise Mine Ebenezer, Hither By Thy Help I’m Come” As my battle with cancer takes even another pathway, I find myself once again saddled with some cumbersome equipment which supplies my needed “oxygen.” I’m connected to a feeder line leading to either a tank or
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Editor’s Page By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Ajijic Writers’ Group (Ed. Note: With the group honored recently by the Lakeside Community Awards Committee, this seems a propitious time to rerun the following article.) For almost a hundred years, writers have gravitated to this corner of Mexico. In the 1920s, D.H. Lawrence wrote The Plumed Serpent while
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BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson At the duplicate bridge table, it is sometimes advantageous to know the habits of your adversaries in order to garner the maximum number of tricks. In this month’s hand, West was a notoriously light opener who often rushed in where more conservative players feared to tread, causing
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THE WAR OF THE WOLVES One evening an old Apache told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside of people. He said, “My son, the battle is between two wolves inside us all. One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority,
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