Unsung Heroes Godsend By Anna Elena Berlin Raquel Chavez The definition of godsend is: noun 1. a very helpful or valuable event, person, or thing. I’m pretty sure the word originated with a person that experienced a miraculous blessing in their life. Is it possible to express enough gratitude to somebody who enables a […]
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Front Row Center By Michael Warren Skylight By David Hare Directed by Collette Clavadetscher This play premiered in London in 1995, and it has received many awards and nominations, including a Tony Award for Best Play in 1997. Somehow it already seems dated, at least to a North American audience. Essentially the play is
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Conspiracy Theories Flourish When Conditions Are Ripe Dr. Lorin Swinehart “Oh Judgment! Thou“Oh Judgment! Thouart fled toBrutish beasts. Andmen have lost their reason.”Mark Antony in Shakespeare’s “Julius Caesar” As my good friend and fellow El Ojo del Lago contributor Fred Mittag has frequently observed, “People will believe anything.” Conspiracy theories generally proliferate during
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Pains, Trains and Wildfires By Neil McKinnon This is the story of how the wife and I decided to rekindle our relationship, which had become painful and unexciting as a result of raising a family and working long hours—I, in a repetitive job in Calgary and she, as a teacher of small children in
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The Earring By Mark Sconce You see some strange things during your first three months as a Peace Corps Volunteer. And if you’ve been assigned to a scruffy little village on the Nepalese side of the border with India, you notice some strange things indeed. I was therefore fortunate to have rented my rooms
Cleopatra in Cat Skin By Don Beaudreau Thousands of years ago, cats were worshipped as gods. Cats have never forgotten this. Especially in Baghdad by the Bay, Puerto Vallarta. Mexico. Cat worshipping began in that city around the time Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton blew into town 60 years ago, drank up all the
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Editor’s Page By Victoria A. Schmidt My father worked in the insurance industry for his entire working life. He loved working in insurance because it offered financial protection for people when they needed it most. However, by the time he was about to retire, he hated what the insurance industry had become. Full disclosure:
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Poco a Poco gives thanks to everyone who has provided caring and even lifesaving support to the indigenous people of San Pedro Itzican and surrounds. The COVID Emergency When we first heard about the pandemic, over a year ago, we held our collective breath imagining what would happen if COVID hit the villages we
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Mexican Grace This is a regular feature column inspired stories that manifest “Mexican Grace.” This is a regular feature column inspired stories that manifest “Mexican Grace.” El Ojo is looking for more anecdotes that relate the many encounters, initiated by expats or locals, that exemplify the special forms of mutual giving and receiving that define the Mexican
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The Truth About Pancho Villa By Herbert W. Piekow History is the relating of indisputable facts, these facts are usually subject to the interpretation of the researcher or writer. Ancient history is usually in the viewpoint of the victor, while more current history, such as WWII is subject to personal viewpoint of the historian,
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