September 2025

Back in the 1960’s, I lived in Chicago. The public high school I attended had 1,400 students. Those of us who were college prep students were required to study a foreign language, though I doubt that many of us thought we’d ever travel to a foreign country. I don’t remember any kids in my high school being […]

Digital Purging Decades ago, when email entered our lives, no one told me to delete every email after I read it. Recently I received an alarming notice. My email provider, with which I have established a highly organized library of files, has instituted a new memory plan. If one exceeds memory, we will now pay

“Many false prophets will arise and lead many astray. And because wickednessIs multiplied, men’s love will grow cold.”Matthew 24 There is reputed to be an ancient Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times,” “interesting” synonymous with troubling. The times we live in are indeed troubling, and while there are many solutions offered to our

The Roman Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla began the Mexican Revolution for independence from Spain by ringing his parish church bells at 2:30 AM on September 16th to call his parishioners, not to Mass, but to revolt against tyranny and bad government. Although his exact words were not recorded it is believed Hidalgo shouted

As August signals the end of summer, it is often a time of reflection and renewal. And so, for September, we are starting to make some changes in the Ojo. The post-Covid demographics of our readership have changed, and we have had an influx of new arrivals in the area. So, we have planned some