September 2024

PETER MALAKOFF I earned a BA in Religious Studies from UCSB, specializing in Hinduism and Buddhism, and received my Ayurvedic Sadhana Padavika Diploma from Kalidas Sanskrit University of the State of Maharashtra, India. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi initiated me as a teacher of transcendental meditation. Everything I know is intimately connected. A Poet’s Hope is in […]

Who Owns Nature? I’ve recently started taking long walks, partly to help my body maintain its health but mostly to maintain my mental equilibrium. I find that if not watched, my days can be spent sitting in front of the computer or my mind will obsess on what I need to do, how to resolve

With each passing year, I have more and more admiration for young people who set their mind to achieve major educational goals. The challenges they face are monumental. Up in the barrio of Tepehua that quest is even more apparent, as it is obvious that there are economic challenges on all fronts for a great

How do you keep over 100 dogs healthy? As of this writing, The Ranch has 107 dogs in residence. Our shelter is built to house about 75 dogs, so you can imagine that quarters are very tight. Crowded conditions can lead to the spread of illness and to stress-induced fighting injuries. Maintaining the health of

PREFACE The following stories are written by two English as a Second Language students, Maria Catelina Aldana Amaya and Katherine Satizabal, taught by their ESL teacher, Carol Bowman, for over 10 years. Throughout the years both have struggled to learn correct English grammar and recently the class has progressed to the point that they were

PREFACE The following stories are written by two English as a Second Language students, Maria Catelina Aldana Amaya and Katherine Satizabal, taught by their ESL teacher, Carol Bowman, for over 10 years. Throughout the years both have struggled to learn correct English grammar and recently the class has progressed to the point that they were

This is not intended as a gloom and doom article, but one that contains alert information to help you protect your good health. The fall and winter months are a salad bowl of contagious respiratory viruses. Then you have to include pneumonia. Even though it is a bacterium it is another contagious respiratory infection. This

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,

Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcoatl was an enduring, often even preeminent god of all the great pre-Columbian Mexican civilizations, including the Olmecs, Teotihuacán, Mayans, Toltecs, and Aztecs. The amazing pyramid at Cholula (near Puebla), the most massive ever built in the Americas, honored Quetzalcoatl. A plumed snake, Quetzalcoatl was at various times the god of water, wind, air,

“They called me in for what I thought would be a brainstorming session about an additional musical for Lakeside Little Theatre’s 60th season,” muses Tim Johnson. “And I walked out the newly appointed director of The World Goes ‘Round. I was stupefied. How had this happened?” Just a year before, Tim had been a director