Ajijic’s Mural Art By Antonio Ramblés AKA Tony Passarello www.antoniorambles.com antonio.rambles@yahoo.com Mexican art is blessed by the rich muralist tradition of Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros, and even today murals remain a prominent feature of Mexican public art. Murals are so commonplace in Ajijic as to be taken for granted, but they’re as much a signature […]
Ajijic’s Mural Art Read More »
THOSE DAMNED PILGRIMS—European Invasion of North America Continued at Plymouth Rock By Dr. Lorin Swinehart As the old pickup truck bumped its way down the rocky trail beneath the spectacular New Mexico skies, the blazing sunset turning the red rock cliffs to glorious gold, my Navaho friend Gene asked, “So, did you have a
THOSE DAMNED PILGRIMS—European Invasion of North America Continued at Plymouth Rock Read More »
Parting With The Poet…. By Jim Rambo She desired the poet More than anyone she had wanted In her life. Her heart raced when he read aloud To the group she had joined Just months before…. for intellectual stimulation. His deep voice boomed with lyrical rhyme Covering all in a
Parting With The Poet…. Read More »
The Poets’ Niche By Mark Sconce msconce@gmail.com Edna St. Vincent Millay (1892-1950) I hold in my hands, and reverently too, a First Edition of Conversation at Midnight (1937)* by Edna St. Vincent Millay. Her small, tight, controlled signature attaches to the title page. I reflect that some poets just have classier names than others.
The Ojo Internet Mailbox (Wherein we publish some comments about our previous issues.) OUR LITERARY AWARDS—CIRCA 2012 John Ward What illustrious company! I am amazed and humbled and honored to be even considered in such a group of astoundingly talented writers. Look! I’m even red from blushing! SYGENE 28 September 1936 – 7
The Ojo Internet Mailbox Read More »
Ode To A Slow Dusk In her own determined and sweet, nearly tortuously delicate ascent, her pomegranate ruffled skirt moved toward the ruby magenta of a hummingbird’s heart. While we, the reverent, the rested, reflective like the ocean settled the wide web of our roots deep into the underside of this tropical island,
Ode To A Slow Dusk Read More »
Focus on Art By Rob Mohr robmohr@gmail.com Ken Gosh –Amplifying Nature With Genteel Abstraction Josef Albers, one of the great non-figurative painters of the 20th century, wrote, “Abstraction is real, more real than nature. I prefer to see with my imagination.” Seeing with his imagination, Ken Gosh’s intricate paintings, imbedded with dragonflies, roosters, and
Focus on Art – November 2012 Read More »
Out Of Control By Carol L. Bowman It’s the sound. The sound that never leaves me; the sound that frightens me every time I relive those moments thirty-two years ago; the sound that forever pierces and never fades. It was supposed to be a day of celebration, that 4th of July in 1980. My
Front Row Center By Michael Warren Quartet by Ronald Harwood Directed by Ann Swiston Four aging opera singers are residents in a Retirement Home for musicians and performers, and this play revives their memories of long-ago rivalries and triumphs. As usual with Harwood, the writing is wordy and sometimes pretentious – however, first-time director
View From The South Shore By Kerry Watsonkwatson@oscmanuals.com In my ten years of summering here each year “to finish a book,” always my excuse to leave the brutal Texas heat far behind, I have long been intrigued by the South Shore. Looking over from the summer places I’ve lived in from Chapala to Ajijic,
View From The South Shore Read More »
