July 2023 – Articles - El Ojo del Lago

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Title	Content	Author
Poetry Niche – July 2023	Don Beaudreau has lived at Lakeside with his husband Juan Rivera for 10 years. They share their home with 7 dogs, 2 cats, and a …	Mel Goldberg
Carol Gremli – Loving Dance	Carol Gremli Allow me to introduce my great friend and former associate Carol Gremli. It is she who has written the article that accompanies this …	Helen Gallagher
Profiling Tepehua – July 2023	The first successful cooperative was founded approximately 175 years ago in Lancashire, England, at a time when industrial towns were sinking under poor conditions and …	Moonyeen King
Word Salad – July 2023	Trivia and Other Useful Information You’ve Pondered Too Long Did you know . . . A SHOT OF WHISKEY – In the Old West, a .45 …	Sally Asante
The Undertow	Before moving to Mexico in 2005, I lived for ten years at Virginia Beach, Virginia, only one block from the powerful Atlantic Ocean. Many happy …	Lois Schroff
Kahlo Without Borders – A Deeper Look	Tapas in Sanskrit refers to austere disciplines one undertakes to facilitate spiritual development—growth through suffering. The severe trials or tapas encountered by Frida Kahlo in …	Ron DiMichele
Verdant View – July 2023	Intuitive Gardening Now that the rains have started and our garden watering chores are lessening, perhaps we could all relax a bit by spending more …	Francisco Nava
Class And Classless In Nahuatl	I thought I had been invited to a class in Nahuatl, the ancient language of the indigenous peoples of this part of Mexico, the Aztecs. …	John Sacelli
The Creeping Deadly Miasma Of Light Pollution	“In all these places the confused night remains bright with confounding light, the day remains dim, harder to remember than a chalk board one particular …	Lorin Swinehart
Lakeside Living – July 2023	Don Beaudreau Email: wbeaudreau@aol.com July 2023 The Lake Chapala Society hosts Open Circle every Sunday at 10:30 am, a popular community gathering in Ajijic. Enjoy a …	Don Beaudreau
YOU and Your Doctor Are Your Medical Team – July 2023	Being dehydrated may not seem like a serious condition, but it could become an acute situation if not dealt with. There are 3 main electrolytes: …	Jackie Kellum
Croc? Or Crock?	It’s about time to see another posting on social media of what purports to be a crocodile lurking among the weeds in Lake Chapala. It …	Larry Kolczak
Ramblings From The Ranch – July 2023	“As Susan Watkins reminded me the other day, we can’t adopt our way out of this problem,” Ranch Board Member Corrine Kelly said recently when …	Christina Bennett
Vexations and Conundrum – July 2023	Unfit There was a time, not too long ago, when I relished my fitness routines. I was a jogger first, then Jazzercise, Pilates, Zumba, yoga, …	Katina Pontikes
MEXICANS AND MEXICAN AMERICANS:Remarkable Lives and Unforgettable Stories	Mexicans and Mexican Americans: Remarkable Lives and Unforgettable Stories is the title of Michael Hogan’s latest slim but engrossing book. This is not a history …	Herbert Piekow
Streets of Mexico – July 2023	José María Morelos y Pavón Morelos was the most successful of all the Mexican revolutionaries, both militarily and politically. A Mestizo priest (mixed Spanish and …	David Ellison
Empty	The wind howled and brown leaves danced on the streets. It was early fall, too cold to be sleeping on a sidewalk but that’s where …	Neil McKinnon
Editor’s Page – July 2023	Does anyone have the time? Does anybody really know what time it is? Ever since Mexico did away with Daylight Savings Time, I have been …	Victoria Schmidt