March 2016

Substitute Flatulence By Tom Eck     I was warned about them. Disrespectful, unruly… and even dangerous.  And those were the compliments. “The class from hell,” my colleagues described them, as I sat in the Teacher’s Lounge, awaiting my first foray into a substitute teaching assignment I was now beginning to regret. I entered the […]

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Changes Change is one of the constants in the Universe. Every day change is in our lives.  As expats, when we reached out to live in Mexico, either as a “snow bird,” a “sun bird,” or as a permanente, we all took on big changes in our lives.Here at

Are All Terrorists Muslims? Not Even Close! By Mel Goldberg   Because of the attacks in Paris, London, and Garland, Texas, there is a misperception that most terror attacks are committed by Muslims. How many times have we heard “Not all Muslims are terrorists, but all terrorists are Muslims” on the Fox entertainment channel. Not

The Bolshoi Ballet By Gabrielle Blair   It is nearly 12:30 midnight and we have not long ago got back from the Bolshoi New Theatre. Our hotel is close enough to the centre of Moscow so we walked home rather than take the Metro, incidentally, the deepest underground I have ever experienced.  The New Theatre

Anita’s Animals By Jackie Kellum   When people work together they can create marvelous results. A short time ago, three middle aged Mexican women from Guadalajara arrived at Anita’s with a pregnant dog. They were not related to each other, but were neighbors. There was a pregnant dog living on the street near where they

EMOTIONAL CONNECTION—Part 1 of 3 – Self Evolvement Series By Anna Elena BerlinCertified Professional Coach, Experience of Life Researcher     We are energetically connected in ways that cause all of our hearts to beat at the same time in just twenty seconds of gathering together, and why one person laughing or crying causes others

Two Kinds Of People By Tom Nussbaum   If there is one thing life has taught me, it is this: There are only two kinds of people. It is just that simple. People are either dog people or cat people. Of course, some of the dog people are lap dog people and some prefer big

Letters to the Editor   Dear Sir: I can hardly contain my excitement at the news I have to share with you. In the January 2016 El Ojo, you ran a poem I wrote called “In Solitary,” about Albert Woodfox, who was being held in a Louisiana prison. I am overjoyed to tell you that

Language of Love   I don’t have the words to tell you how much I love you, but this I know: I am not at fault for trying, for Pablo Neruda, who in the still of night, with his sonnets, ripped the future words from my mind, giving them to Matilda. “…when I hold you

Pain And Joy In 21St Century Art By Rob Moore   “… all is creation, all is change, all is flux, all is metamorphosis.” Henry Miller 21st Century art confirms Miller’s astute observation. Works by Elizabeth Skelsey, and Isidro Xilotl, (both Lakeside artists), along with those of Su Xinping (Inner Mongolia), and world acclaimed paintings by