Breaking Even By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez Reviewed by Anita HenryProfessor Emeritus—French Literature This finely-crafted novel of discovery and reaching adulthood is an entrancing read. The author has created a classical format; like a play in five acts, the five parts of the tale move the storyline along at a dramatic pace. Part One sets up …
The 1860 Southern Plantation Company By J. C. Kottler (Ed. Note: Please keep in mind that what follows is satire, with the author’s tongue placed firmly in his cheek.) Michelle Bachman and Rick Santorum recently signed a marriage pledge which said, “. . . a child born into slavery in 1860 was more likely …
A NEW LEASE—on Life! By Judit Rajhathy, B.A., RNCP, D.Ac. What is Love? I remember being so excited when an elderly friend was celebrating his 60th wedding anniversary. I handed him a bouquet of red carnations and baby’s breath and enthusiastically blurted, “Congratulations! You must be so happy!” To which he turned and said, …
STAY HEALTHY! By J. Manuel Cordova, M. D. Later Years: “The Great Golden Time“ Part II Two persons in ten in the United States are now age 65 or older, around 60 million people. Demographic data: USA now has neither the highest nor the lowest proportion of older people in the world. Europe has a …
My Top Ten Movies Of All Time By David Harper My criterion for judging great movies is can you watch them three or four times and still be enthralled by them? Some great movies can be a “one time only” experience and a second or third viewing may be boring. Here is my list: …
THIS WORLD of OURS By Bob Harwood Island Reflections Islands have defined each stage of a journey I began on Lulu Island on Canada’s west coast. Richmond, now a city of 200,000, was a different, dyke protected, rural world then. By bike I delivered newspapers and telephone books or rode a mile to the post …
Concepts Of Intelligence Written By Thomas J. HallyReviewed By Bill Frayer Have you ever wondered why some people are very intelligent and why others are, well, not so much? What do we mean by intelligence? What’s the difference between creative genius and psychosis? Does our gender, our birth order, or even our physical attractiveness …
World’s Worst Sentence By Mike Myers (Ed. Note: At the last Lake Chapala Annual Writers’ Conference, what follows won the “Worst Sentence Award.” It is also incredibly long. We hope that this does not inspire any of our other literary contributors, though it may tickle our readers.) Through the sleep-sequestered slits of my heavier-than-Iead …
Farewell, Kay—Welcome, Shelley! Kay Davis, the Editor of our Lakeside Living column for the past three years, has decided to move on to other challenges. Her cheerful attitude and professional manner has long made her a favorite with both the public as well as her colleagues here at the Ojo. Moreover, Kay has always been …
No Idle Retirement Here! By Tommy Clarkson Recently, for 107 days, with my once, Manzanillo, sun-burned, nose placed against the proverbial grindstone and formerly, retina-detached eye struggling for focus on the ball, I was back in the yoke of work. And though this time constituted grueling seven day work weeks of 12+ hour days, …
