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| Mid Month | CONTACT US El Ojo del Lago – Home Page For more information about Lake Chapala visit: www.chapala.com Author Recent Posts Ojo Del Lago Latest posts by … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Contempt – February 2019 | Contempt By Robert Bruce Drynan Closed Senate Hearing- Armed Services Committee “For the record, will you please state your name and present occupation?” … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Trading Paper Back Novels – January 2019 | Trading Paper Back Novels By Fernando Garcia I caught the #9 bus down the hill from University of San Diego High School. Our all … | Ojo Del Lago |
| And I Never Saw Him Again – December 2018 | And I Never Saw Him Again By Kenneth Hunt One day – it must have been a Friday – the Old Man comes home … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Mother’s Visit – November 2018 | Mother’s Visit By Bob Branson I was soaking in my hot tub after a long tennis match when the phone rang. “Robert Keith, … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Quest for the Elusive Mung Beans – October 2018 | The Quest for the Elusive Mung Beans (A Visit to Abastos) By Chuck Bolotin Like an aspiring knight in a medieval fairytale who had … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Boy In The Hammock – September 2018 | The Boy In The Hammock By Julie Galosy I had gone to the Amazon only to meet with a witch doctor to accompany him … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Idiotic Idioms – August 2018 | IDIOTIC IDIOMS By Tom Nussbaum Carlos Ignacio Julio Rodriguez de Soto ambled toward a popular Ajijic coffee shop. A cautious, self-consciousness permeated his gait.He … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Double-Take – July 2018 | Ed. Note: In February 2003, the author visited pre-war Iraq with a women’s delegation. She returned in July 2003, twelve weeks after the U.S.-led invasion, … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Cucumber – June 2018 | Cucumber By Judy Dykstra-Brown Luckily, my husband had been made weak by his mother and so had little interest in what I was doing … | Ojo Del Lago |
| My Two Years As A Communist – May 2018 | My Two Years As A Communist By Mel Goldberg Until January 27, 1973, all young men were required to register for the Selective Service … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Joss – April 2018 | Joss By Kenneth John Clarke Returning to his village of Nam Hkek near Burma’s Salween River, Ko Tat walked through the jungle following the … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Daffodils – March 2018 | Daffodils © Marlyn Silverstone In the ’70s, they built condominiums at the edge of town, red brick three-storey buildings each neatly encased in a … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Legion Of Merit – February 2018 | Legion Of Merit By Robert Bruce Drynan Rural road approaching Baghdad – August 2008 Carl Henderson hunched over the wheel of the humvee as … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Incident – January 2018 | The Incident By Pete Soderman petesoderman@gmail.com May, 1966, aboard an American Destroyer — somewhere off the coast of Vietnam I was in the middle … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Border Mexchanics | Border Mexchanics By Tom Eck It was foolish to ignore the subtle but assertive grinding noise under the hood of my 2000 Jeep Grand … | Ojo Del Lago |
| A Trek To Ajijic – November 2017 | A Trek To Ajijic By Dennis A. Crump Long before the road from Chapala was paved, long before a stop light, long before the … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Presentation – October 2017 | The Presentation A Short Story by Rob Mohr I was at peace, focused on the majesty of mixed hardwoods that surrounded me, when a … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned – September 2017 | Bless Me Father For I Have Sinned By Armando Garcia My twin, Fernando and I walked slowly down the aisle, each with his girl … | Ojo Del Lago |
| A Chip Off The Back – August 2017 | A Chip Off The Back By Mel Goldberg “Take your shirt off, lie down on the towel, and stretch your arms out above your … | Ojo Del Lago |
| THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO—Re-Examined – July 2017 | THE CONQUEST OF MEXICO—Re-Examined By Shep Lenchek The high priests of the Aztecs were frantic. Their tribe had lived comfortably in what we now … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Family Life – June 2017 | Family Life By Zofia Barisas Had he lived today my father would have been in jail and my brother and I would have grown … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Knowledge Loves You, Love it Back – May 2017 | Knowledge Loves You, Love it Back By Margaret Ann Porter Miss Renfield hands me a dictionary that is as heavy as a cinder block. … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Miss Emily’s Pickles – April 2017 | Miss Emily’s Pickles By Sally Assante Before I became infected with the conformity bug, my mother made all of my school clothes. She created … | Ojo Del Lago |
| When Did Water Become a Department? – March 2017 | When Did Water Become a Department? By Daria Hilton Word Morrigan must have seen the phrase “water department” close to half of a million … | Ojo Del Lago |
| A WINTER’S REFLECTION – February 2017 | A WINTER’S REFLECTION A Personal Perspective on Aging and Spirituality By Bob Koches It was in the summer of our lives when Kathy and … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Grandma’s Bedroom – January 2017 | Grandma’s Bedroom By Sandra Olson Grandma lived in Winnemucca, Nevada, in an old frame house, with a screened front porch, a coal cellar and … | Ojo Del Lago |
| LANGUISHING IN LALALAND* – December 2016 | LANGUISHING IN LALALAND* By Alejandro Grattan (*Lalaland: Code for Hollywood, or a state of mind in which reality occasionally visits, but never stays for … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Devil Mountain – November 2016 | DEVIL MOUNTAIN The Life and Times of Jimmy Angel By Day Dobbert Flying high over the steaming jungles of Venezuela’s still largely inaccessible Gran … | Ojo Del Lago |
| House Of Ravens – October 2016 | House Of Ravens By Rachel McMillen Emily Caruthers snipped the last thread from the loom, carried the finished piece over to the table and … | Ojo Del Lago |
| I Whistled and the Sky Danced – September 2016 | I Whistled and the Sky Danced By Lillian Norma Gillingham Bernice woke up tingling with excitement. Today was the day her older brother … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Are The Olympics Dead Yet? – August 2016 | Are The Olympics Dead Yet? (Unraveling the doping scandal) By Marcel Woland Followers of mass media in the West may be forgiven for not … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Madre Mia – July 2016 | Madre Mia By Barbara Outland Baker bbaker9618@aol.com When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me Speaking words of wisdom, … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Pancho Villa’s Granddaughter – June 2016 | Pancho Villa’s Granddaughter By James Tipton spiritofmexico@yahoo.com Immediately after Ethel Chestnut chucked her old resources administrator job in Chicago, she began to sell almost … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The View From The Top – May 2016 | The View From The Top By Gloria Bryen “I thought you said it was open?” “Yeah, well I’m not going to shove on this … | Ojo Del Lago |
| SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE—For the Same Old Song – April 2016 | SINGING A DIFFERENT TUNE—For the Same Old Song By Ron Knight This dusty cluster of 14th century cobblestoned villages has spawned a mini cultured … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Leap Into Life – March 2016 | Leap Into Life By Blue One day, while sitting in a meeting with several male executives and watching them maneuver through a game of … | Ojo Del Lago |
| A Chip Off The Back – February 2016 | A Chip Off The Back By Mel Goldberg “Take your shirt off, lie down on the towel, and stretch your arms out above your … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Photograph – January 2016 | Photograph By Michael James Cook, PhD MikeCookCottingham@hotmail.com The day was empty already, the sun rose in a blood red sky as Nathan pondered on … | Ojo Del Lago |
| FIRES! – December 2015 | FIRES! By Jan Steinbright Dawn summoned me outside to take a look. I was confronted with a strong smell of smoke. I … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Shadow Of A Star Chief – November 2015 | The Shadow Of A Star Chief By Carol D. Bradley Eleanor Davenport always wore gloves. Her wardrobe was filled with crinolines, expensive shoes, and … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Going Home – October 2015 | Going Home By Bonnie L. Phillips otterwomanwrites@yahoo.com Serena stood at the outer fringes of the party, avoided eye contact with everyone, and leaned over … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Why We Need Fraternity Pranks and Girl-Scout Rah-Rahs to Meet our Global Health Care Needs- September 2015 | Why We Need Fraternity Pranks and Girl-Scout Rah-Rahs to Meet our Global Health Care Needs By Ron Knight Thank goodness. Someone more empirical than … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Woman Who Wore Hats – August 2015 | The Woman Who Wore Hats By Rob Mohr The day I first saw her she was standing on the malacon some distance from … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Hamburger – July 2015 | Hamburger By Zofia Barisas Two traffic lights close one after the other. I go through green and then the next light is turning orange … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Following In Their Footsteps – June 2015 | Following In Their Footsteps By W.L. Mesusan Understanding the powerful attraction that brought three of the major literary luminaries of the 20th century to the … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Quinceañera – May 2015 | Quinceañera By Mikel Miller If you ever get an invitation to a quinceañera in Mexico, don’t miss it. It’s the special Spanish ceremony celebrating … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Gunfight at the El Paso Corral – April 2015 | The Gunfight at the El Paso Corral By Alejandro Grattan-Dominguez I suppose the one question I’ve been asked as a former frontier … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Brother Isaacs – March 2015 | Brother Isaacs By Cal Crenshaw Nathanshaw2@verizon.com Brother Isaacs was a tall thin bible-thumping circuit preacher from Ozark County Missouri, who having fled the bounds … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Flag – February 2015 | The Flag By Bob Drynan March I938, Guatemala The two U.S. Army engineers had crossed the Guatemalan border with Mexico five days earlier with … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Day After the Day of the Dead – January 2015 | The Day After the Day of the Dead And yet I love, On autumn eves, when silence reigns above, To … | Ojo Del Lago |
| Parched Dreams – December 2014 | Parched Dreams By Tom Eck As she lay in the shade, Zahra knew the end was near. The morning trek had been marked more … | Ojo Del Lago |
| The Rainbow Kid – November 2014 | The Rainbow Kid By James Tipton A long time ago, when a few people still loved him, the Rainbow Kid reached this place on … | Ojo Del Lago |
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