Articles 2013

Predictions By Harriet Hart   The petite oriental lady grasped my hand and blurted: “You’re a tough little bugger!” I was 30 and visiting my first palm reader. She predicted that I would marry twice, live to be 96, inherit money and live in 14 countries after the age of 55. I’m on my second […]

TIPPING—From a Mexican’s Point of View By Anonymous   I read a piece in the October Ojo about tipping and I think that it needs to be talked about more, because even Mexicans like myself don’t know much about how to tip or when to do it. I have talked with some people in Mexico

My Mexican Re-Entry By Chuck Pattinian   After driving 14 years from upstate New York to Ajijic each year, my wife, Carol, and I, decided to fly this year. Our first mistake was not to filter the dis-information about flying. “Get to the airport at least three hours before the flight.” We did and spent

Political Correctness In Sports By David Harper, Ojo Sports Editor   In 1972 I was refereeing a rugby match at Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, when two opposing factions marched around the field. No doubt they chose to demonstrate at the rugby game as they would not have been allowed to march inside the football

SAN PIETRO Then and Now By Phyllis Ewing   The battle of San Pietro was a major Italian engagement from December 8-17, 1943. It involved Allied Forces attacking the heavily fortified positions of the Germans who dug in, hiding in natural caves. These caves provided excellent observation vantage points and fortifications. San Pietro, correct name

Weapons Of Mall Destruction By Neil McKinnon   It started innocently. Early one Wednesday morning Muriel Treppingthwaite, a Vancouver housewife, bundled her three boys, Tim, Horton, Don and her daughter, Cherry into the backseat of her 1993 Saturn Sedan and headed south to pick up cheap granola in a Bellingham shopping mall. Until that Wednesday,

Gringas & Guacamole By Gail Nott Early Childhood Development   I have often wondered how I managed to develop past early childhood without pre-nursery, nursery, pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and most importantly, an au pair. My first caregiver was a very high, dark mahogany, ornately carved bed, with an enormous feather ticked mattress. Each morning, before sun-up,

Carmelita Crow By Harriet HartEnglish and EspañolReview by Janice Kimball   Carmelita Crow sweeps us up and takes us along with her and her parents and siblings as they fly from a Mexican village across the American border into Los Angeles, leaving behind a world that felt safe and familiar, a place with cousins, aunts

Profiling TepehuaPart One By Moonyeen King   The barrio of Tepehua is just West of Chapala. One of five barrio’s, each as poor as the other. The poorest area in Jalisco.  Although all snuggled together on the hillside, they are isolated from each other by tribal instinct and a sense of survival. Which poverty always

Stay Healthy! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D.Internal Medicine & Geriatric SpecialistMdjmcordova1204@yahoo.com The Aging Brain   Changing Sleep Patterns: Another change that occurs during the aging process is this: Your need for sleep remains about the same most of your life. If you need about 6 hours nightly now, chances are you´ll need that amount,