Pontius Pilate Walks Among Us By Lorin Swinehart “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence always encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” —Elie Wiesel Jesus of Nazareth was railroaded. Some have commented that he must have been a black man because he couldn’t get a fair trial. Those […]
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RIP – Richard Tingen By Dale Hoyt Palfrey It is my sad task to apprise Ojo del Lago readers of the untimely death of Richard Oscar Tingen, the founder of this long-standing publication and a close personal friend of mine. He passed away Sunday, January 3 at age 76, spending his final days in
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Time Travel in Lantian By Neil McKinnon We were lost, the driver was mad, the temperature was forty-five degrees, and my ass hurt. I leaned forward to absorb the next pothole. Unanchored, my sodden ache of a body went up as the Toyota roof came down. Lightning flashed in excruciating symmetry with pain waves in
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Malinche By David Ellison Malinche (also known as Marina, Malintzin, Malinal…) remains one of the most enigmatic and controversial characters in Mexican history. According to Texan historian T. R. Fehrenbach, “If there is one villainess in Mexican history, she is [Malinche]. She was to become the ethnic traitress supreme.” Meanwhile, Colorado Professor Cordelia Candelaria
If Our Pets Could Talk By Jackie Kellum Has your cat or dog lost their hips, and looks more like a butterball? Then possibly your pet has become obese from “love over feeding”. Excess weight is easier to prevent than treat, so keeping a lifelong healthy weight will help keep your pet healthier and
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LAKESIDE LIVING Carol D. Bradley Email: cdbradleymex@gmail.comPhone: 33-2506-7525 February 2021 “The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today…The whole future lies in uncertainty: Live immediately.” Seneca Our Lakeside community is reeling; still reeling, from the insidiousness of the Covid-19 virus. After months, almost a year, of sheltering in place,
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And the Post Office Made Three By Margaret Van Every They met in the US Postal Service in 1936, in St. Louis. She was a secretary/stenographer and he was a post office inspector. They loved their work and they loved each other, partly because of shared love for their employer. The post office was
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Tod Johnson September 21, 1929 – January 10, 2021 Our brother in Christ, Tod Johnson, entered eternal life on January 10, 2021. Please join us as we extend our deepest sympathy to all of his dear friends and family. Born Raymond Arthur Johnson, Tod seemed to live a charmed life. As a youth, in Tulsa,
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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Profiling Tepehua By Moonyeen King President of the Board for Tepehua moonie1935@yahoo.com The Tepehua Team wishes the world Health and Peace this 2021, as we spin into the New Year with great expectations. This Author would like to embrace the oncoming year fiercely and demand change, but we must have patience, change will come.
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