December 2023

One thing I find to be a common topic of conversation in the USA, Canada, and with expats in México is dissatisfaction with our governments and the people who are in charge. A poll taken in August of 2023 indicated the approval rating for the U.S. Congress is 19% and has remained near this number […]

Tenochtitlán The Aztecs (Mexica), a wandering, Nahuatl-speaking people, claimed the island in the middle of Lake Texcoco as their own in the early 1300s. (Their god, Huitzilopochtli, had led them there, identifying the island with the long-awaited sign: an eagle perched on a cactus devouring a snake—now featured on the Mexican flag.) They enlarged the

There have been two heroes in my life, anthropologist Margret Mead and Doctor Shah Rukh Kahn, the King of Bollywood. Margaret said “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed individuals can better the world.”  Doctor Kahn said, “Have faith in yourself, never be afraid to use your imagination, every great thing ever achieved

Festival del Rabano – Radish Festival Last year in December my husband, Brad, and I decided to take a weeklong trip to Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca, to visit our Zapotec friend Doña Antonietta. We met Doña Antonietta and her husband Lucio in Ajijic, where they visited and sold their wonderful tapetes, or rugs. Together we

One of the most common ailments in dogs and cats is kidney (renal) disease, a broad term that applies to any disease process that leaves the kidneys unable to effectively filter toxins out of the blood and maintain water balance in the body. In acute kidney disease, signs can occur quickly and can be very

Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com From the Lakeside Living Editor: Please note that deadline for submission of notices about a local cultural, civic, or charitable event is the first day of the month, an entire month BEFORE the article can appear in El Ojo Del Lago. Appropriate notices should include the name of the event, its location,

Every year, I’m faced with the same problem, what to do for Christmas dinner. Most restaurants are closed on Christmas Day. I live alone and, except for breakfast, I don’t cook much more than the occasional hot dog. That didn’t seem appropriate for celebrating Christmas. The 4th of July, maybe; but not Christmas. Although my

Picture this. A woman touring the Louvre comes to the Mona Lisa. Her view of the painting, however, is blocked by numerous heads. All she can see is La Gioconda’s forehead and parted hair. She waits her turn to step forward for a closer look. Suddenly, a young woman, more a girl than woman, darts

It’s 6:30 on Christmas night. Red hot chili lights frame the dining room window—a  leftover from the thirty years my mother spent in Tucson before moving north again to live in the town where my sister now lives. In the living room, Jimmy Carter speaks from the tv screen to my husband––the husband who has

The hills of Tepehua, although unforgiving terrain to the eye, has wrapped its protective arms around the settlers from Mexico’s central valleys since they first set up their tents there. A million-dollar view of the largest natural lake in Mexico, it has served fishermen and farmers, and the men of the mountain turned to construction