Dear Elected Representatives: We ventilate our dwellings of many different kinds, but may not have the sense to ventilate our minds. Perhaps we fear we’d stir up something that has died— some milk of human kindness that’s buried deep inside. As kids sit scared in cages and countless forests burn, you think you’re given […]
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E-Harmony I’m looking for the perfect mate. I’m nice and normal, not a neurotic feller – So let’s just get enrolled, let’s have a date. I dream of meeting her, and she looks great Like Marilyn with a touch of Vampirella. She says she’s looking for the perfect mate. We’re both online, and I
Ramblings From The Ranch By Christina Bennett Rodrigo Goes Home Sometimes people ask me how long dogs stay at The Ranch before getting adopted. Well, it depends. Rodrigo was found as a stray at The Racquet Club. The couple who found him tried to integrate him into their family, but Rodrigo couldn’t make it
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In Memory Of Sandy Olson We were saddened to hear that Sandy Olson, long-time Editor of the “Lakeside Living” column in El Ojo del Lago, passed away in San Francisco on Sunday, November 24 after a short illness. Born and raised in El Cerrito, California, Sandy found her heart in Mexico—first in Zihuatanejo
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Life Askew By Julia Galosy Candy Asses OK, you buncha sissies. Get your little girly selves in line. You there, the fat blubby one in the middle? Yeah you, you know who I´m talkin´’bout. You think this man´s army‘s gonna help you get rid of those pounds yo´ mama´s butter biscuits slapped on yo´
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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen KingPresident of the Board for Tepehuamoonie1935@yahoo.com The Tepehua Community Center has been through another year of promise. Going from strength to strength simply through supplying basic support. The needs of the family unit does not change much from house to house or socioeconomic differences. Education and health care. When you
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Days Gone By Courtesy of Paul Titterton Do you remember? Would you believe the email spell checker did not recognize the word Murgatroyd? Heavens to Mergatroyd! Lost Words from our childhood: Words gone as fast as the buggy whip! The other day a not-so-elderly (I say 70) lady said something to her son about
Front Row Center By Michael Warren After Magritte and The Real Inspector Hound By Tom StoppardDirected by Randy Warren These two one-act plays were created by Tom Stoppard in 1970, and were first performed in the Green Banana Restaurant at the Ambiance Lunch-hour Theatre Club in London. They are an exercise in wordplay and
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Welcome to Mexico! By Victoria Schmidt Going Nowhere Almost everywhere we go lately, the talk of the town is traffic. All traffic. It started in Chapala on one side of the street. It grew quickly. A road-resurfacing project started diverting traffic on Madero so one or two blocks could be resurfaced. Then on Hidalgo,
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Wise Witicisms By the Ever-Elusive Anonymous 1. Where there’s a will, I want to be in it. 2. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list. 3. Since light travels faster than sound, some people appear bright until you hear them speak. 4. If I agreed
