June 2011

LAUGHING BEACK:  Healer & Friend By Duncan Aldric   Standing at the threshold of where the water churns and toils to break down, over centuries, the sand that is the edge of the beach that has become my friend and healer, I allow my body to be pulled and pushed, urged and cajoled back and […]

A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. Time for Change   To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven . . . (ecclasiastes)   It is with mixed feelings that I write this month’s column.  It is time for change – a change of pace.  When

2010 Community Awards May 3, 2011   In 1988 El Ojo del Lago sponsored the first community awards to honor those who have so generously contributed their time, talents and often a part of their own good fortunes to the community during the previous year. Tod Jonson co-founded the award ceremonies and according to Tod,

RHYTHMS OF THE NIGHT By Jeannie Weiner   The road, once dusty, is now paved in stone, but the tiny, clean coffee shop is still across from the sign, “NO TIMESHARE, DISCOUNTS, WHALE WATCHING, SUNSET CRUISES. As I sit savoring the coffee and eating my favorite sandwich with scrambled egg, jalapenos, onions and tomatoes, I

BORDER BOREDOM By Ed Tasca   Because of the current U.S. recession, the fed’s less aggressive pursuit of illegals and a severely reduced flow of Mexican immigrants across the U.S. border, it’s been reported that U.S. border agents – normally alert, professional and keen – are having a hard time managing the lack of action

Night Shift Nyc By Allen McGill     Nearly midnight, silence beyond the glass barrier that separates me from the world below. I watch the lava flow dwindle to swift-moving sparks, limning parallel river drives heading south; tunnel-swallowed where they meet. Illuminated webs spread erratically between, moving at the whims of amber, red and green. Spastic

The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconcemsconce@gmail.com A Passion for Pushkin  (1799-1837)   This month’s featured poet is Alexander Pushkin, Russia’s most famous bard and a man for whom I have enormous respect and brotherly love. My passion for Pushkin began 17 years ago on a freezing February morning in Moscow when Tamara, my guide, showed

Martha Aceves: A Life Loved In Two Cultures By M.A. Porter   When Martha Lule de Aceves smiles at you, a flower blooms. She and husband Alfredo live in the prettiest house on our Ajijic street, built five years ago in an elegant design that captures both the glory of Mexican tradition and the best

ZEN FOR THOSE WHO TAKE LIFE TOO SERIOUSLY   1. Save the whales. Collect the whole set. 2. A day without sunshine is like, night. 3. On the other hand, you have different fingers. 4. I just got lost in thought. It was not familiar territory. 5. 42.7 percent of all statistics are made up