Articles 2017

Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt The Help(Re-Published by Request)   A few years ago, a friend loaned me a book written by Kathryn Stockett, entitled The Help. Later this story was made into a movie. The story is set in Mississippi in the 1960’s and, as the title suggests, it is about the “colored” […]

Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com   “One who is defeated is one who stopped dreaming”. A new graffiti on the walls of Tepehua, to be proud of, people stop to take photographs.   Beautifully written and grammatically correct. (I am not to sure about the translation, but it is close). This

Letters to the Editor   Dear Sir: Sorry, Charlie but you REALLY missed the mark on your “Another Victim of Socialism” piece in the June issue of the Ojo. I am a solid capitalist, conservative. The structures and organizations are EXACTLY what The Founding Fathers had in mind- KEEP COMMON NEED ORGANIZATIONS AT THE MOST

Not On My Watch By Kathy Koches   The worst feeling in the world, or so I was told, is to have to impart the bad news that a child has been injured, while under your care. When my son was about eight, my dad took him ice skating. My son had never been on

If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum     Cats actually do ‘ talk,’ we just have a hard time figuring out what they are saying. Feral cats living in colonies, usually are non-verbal. When a cat lives with a human they will talk in varying degrees. Cat brains have many similar brain structures

Language of Love By John Thomas Dodds   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.

Jim Tipton—A Profile in Courage By Bob Drynan   I’ve been invited to write a profile of my dear friend, Jim Tipton. I’ve known him for over ten years, but to be frank I don’t know his history except in bits and pieces. I know he was raised in Ohio by a Quaker father and

Focus on Art By Rob Mohr   “Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world”— Harriet Tubman Francisco Goya with drawings, etchings and paintings depicting the violence caused by greed and the quest for power,

Tough Time On The Mountain By Bob Strand   They left Salt Lake City, Utah, early in the morning on their way to Rapid City, South Dakota. It was raining and cloudy, but he was an experienced pilot, and the twin-engine Beechcraft carried him and his wife uneventfully eastward across southern Wyoming. It was early

From Our Webboard www.web.chapala.com   QUESTION:What would you suggest that might make living at Lakeside even better?   bournemouth Given current conditions, reliable trash pickup would be truly wonderful. johanson I love it here, but if I could have a slightly faster internet connection and a closer Costco or Mega store everything would be perfect. Yo1