February 2011

Anita’s Animals By  Jackie Kellum   With the start of this new year, Anita’s Animals is still taking care of late arrivals from the 2010 prolonged and very high puppy and kitten season. Several arrived motherless requiring foster care. The majority arrived young, having been tossed away, in need of nourishment, loving care and protection […]

FRONT ROW CENTER By Michael Warren The Lakeside Little Theatre – A Historical Note   Due to the timing of the plays and the submission requirements of El Ojo del Lago, my review of the January play Tribute will appear in March. Then we will be back on track for the remainder of the season.

Welcome to Mexico By Victoria Schmidt Parking in Mexico   Nowhere have I witnessed the type of parking I’ve seen in Mexico on a daily basis.  An old village near where I live has extremely narrow streets, streets that were narrow when two burrows passed each other 400 years ago. Now these same streets allow

 Hearts at Work A Column by James Tipton(Re-printed by Request) “…it is still a beautiful world.”   At a recent party, one of our devoted El Ojo readers told me she had saved the column I wrote several years ago about the once popular inspirational piece “Desiderata.” She suggested I print it again, because she

GRINGAS & GUACAMOLE By Gail Nott Families   Thanks to the information highway, I recently made contact with family members I haven’t heard from in thirty-five years. When you have sixteen aunts and uncles, twenty-four cousins and God knows how many first cousins, it is mind boggling that I was able to remain hidden for

THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood America’s Day Of Reckoning   Tea Party successes brought a new libertarian voice on stage but also reflected anger toward the partisan paralysis in Washington. Obama’s approval rating has since improved as he gave medium-term priority to growth over deficit reduction bartering extending Bush tax cuts for the

Wondrous Wildlife By Vern and Lori Gieger Team Work   As we start off the New Year we would like to thank everyone who has supported us in our wildlife protection events this past year. We are fortunate to have many wonderful volunteers. We would like to welcome a long time friend with a huge

Joyful Musings By Joy Birnbach Dunstan,MA, LPC, MAC The Gift of Friendship   Remember Valentine’s Day back in grade school? Everybody made everybody else a Valentine card; everyone received lots of Valentines. As years passed and we grew older, Valentines became a special card or gift between romantic partners. Oh, how sweet it was to

UNCOMMON COMMON SENSE By Bill Frayer Words and Violence   I am writing this column shortly after the mass murder in Tucson, Arizona which targeted the US Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. By now everyone surely knows that former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin used crosshairs to identify a number of Democratic Members of the US Congress, including

BRIDGE BY THE LAKE By Ken Masson   The Lake Chapala Duplicate Bridge Club in Riberas began a mentoring program in 2010 that has proven to be a very worthwhile initiative. On two Mondays each month the regular duplicate game is replaced by one where each partnership consists of one experienced player and one who