By Citizenship Series on the October 2019 Edition The Mexican Cession is the region in the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the Mexican American War. This region had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall on the October 2019 Edition Directed by: Adrian Grunberg Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Yvette Montreal, Sergio Peris, Adriana Barraza “Vietnam War Veteran, John Rambo, tries to find some sem-blance of peace by raising horses on a ranch in Arizona. He’s also developed a special familial bond with a woman named Maria and her […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the October 2019 Edition Duom Palm Hyphaene thebaica Family Heliconiaceae Also known as Gingerbread Palm or Branching Palm (As was My Patty who passed away May 12th, 2018 these palms are unique, unlike so many others of their relevant kind and, quite simply, rather rare! What makes these the latter is that, […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the October 2019 Edition Let’s say that you’re a Mayan farmer, from any time period from the ancient Mayan Empire that we are still finding to be larger than we thought, to, even today or tomorrow, for that matter. Your chief crop wouldn’t have changed through all this time. It is maize […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall on the October 2019 Edition Directed by: James Gray Starring: Brad Pitt, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, Ruth Negga “Astronaut Roy McBride undertakes a mission across an unforgiving solar system to uncover the truth about his missing father and his doomed expedition that now, 30 years later, threatens the universe.” We attended […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the October 2019 Edition Mexican Petunia, Ruellia brittoniana Family Acanthaceae Also known as Ruellia, Desert Petunia, Mexican Blue Bells, Florida Blue Bells, Purple Ruellia, Hardy Petunias or Purple shower (Interestingly, upon deciding to share information about these lovelies, I fast learned that few other botanical writers have given them much notice nor […]
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By Dan and Lisa Goy on the October 2019 Edition For many Snowbird RVers, Bahía Concepción (Bay of Conception) is the ultimate destination, a true RV paradise. Across the Sea of Cortez from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, the grip of winter is a distant memory. Hundreds of RVers spend some time on the beach here every winter […]
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By Terry Sovil on the October 2019 Edition I was gifted with a couple of branches about 2 feet / .61 meters that suddenly grew so fast I couldn’t keep pace with it. I didn’t know what it was. They told me to hang some wire on the wall to help guide it. The growth of […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the September 2019 Edition Very few of us have “the perfectly balanced” natural soil mix for whatever tree, plant, flower, vine or succulent we’ve just acquired. Hence, it is important to know what our new acquisition might like in the way of additional nutrients. Doing so, we enter the interesting world of […]
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By Suzanna A. Marshall on the September 2019 Edition Directed by: Joe Berlinger Starring: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Angela Sarafyan “A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years…” Thankfully, and in spite of what the movie title seems […]
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