Conversations With a Mask By Neil McKinnon Recently, Judy and I celebrated our 55th wedding anniversary by dining at a local restaurant that had just opened after having been closed due to the pandemic. The staff were wearing masks, music was playing and there was a buzz of conversation from other patrons. After a scrumptious […]
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A Letter From Mother Earth All the riches you have stolen may be won in vain. As you exploit my waterways and open every vein, surely you can hear me crying out in pain? When it comes to my riches, each madman wants a piece at the cost of reason, willing to break the
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com The sudden deaths that happened at the beginning of the alcohol ban, due to people drinking rough sugar cane alcohol that had not been cut properly, shone a light on a beloved past time of the villages… El Pajarate. The local Star Bucks for Sunday
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Editor’s Page Thanks For The Memories By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez It is with a sad but grateful heart that I advise our wonderful readers and writers that because of eyesight problems, I must bring my 25-year tenure as the Ojo’s editor to a close. It has been a joyous ride, made possible by Richard and
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Jack: A Dog’s Story A Farm Dog’s Heroic Act Suggests Existential Dilemma Dr. Lorin Swinehart Albert Einstein once observed that the only true question is whether or not the universe is a friendly place. Looked at another way, the ultimate dilemma concerns the meaning of life or even whether life has any meaning at
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If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum June is warm-weather time, and there are two major things you need to focus on in the care of your pets. First, provide full-time access to fresh water so he does not get dehydrated and over-heated. Second, be aware of fleas and ticks. You should check
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Bridge By The Lake By Ken Masson It has been said that nothing is certain except death and taxes, but the aspiring bridge player would do well to add to these the maxim that each player is dealt 13 cards. The backbone of good card play, both offensive and defensive, rests on this simple
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Farewell I remember my first day in Mexico. After driving all day, we—our nephew, who came along to help with the move, my husband, two cats and a dog—reached San Luis Potosí. Initially our reservation was at a USA run hotel run by a USA company, but they
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Mirror To The Universe By Rob Mohr Creativity and Consciousness “Creativity craves the process.” (Writer, Elizabeth Gilbert, (1969- ) “Creativity originates within the spiritual realm, the collective consciousness. And where mind is in a different realm than the brain, which is a receiver, not a source.” Neuroscience, Candace Pert (1946 – 2013) Creativity begins from a
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Yesterday is Sevilla had I known how it would be – when the government mandated closure when – trains buses aircraft became containers for a deadly virus, my voice was but a whisper, my touch soft as we walked the empty streets the restaurants and museums shuttered the
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