By Kirby Vickery on the November 2019 Edition To use the word, ‘witchcraft’ with any of the Mesoamerican cultures could almost be called a misnomer. Witchcraft, by its nature and conceptual origins, is purely Old World. The meaning of the word is so broad-based that to try to fit it into a single category of Mesoamerican […]
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By Friends of Mexican Animal Welfare on the November 2019 Edition When it comes to spaying and neutering (fixing), misunderstandings abound. This is particularly true to the Mexican culture. Owners worry that ‘fixing’ their pet may cause undesirable side-effects. Nothing could be further from the truth! Here are a few of the most common misconceptions…. My female […]
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By Tery Sovil on the November 2019 Edition Strawberries are not a true berry but watermelons, pumpkins, bananas and avocados are. Bananas are berries and raspberries aren’t. Bananas are not trees. There’s no wood in them. They are giant herbs and banana is its berry. Google this to shake yourself up. No one knows the true […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer on the October 2019 Edition Ingredients ✓ 1 can of hominy 108 oz (3.06 Kg) ✓ 1 whole chicken ✓ 2 garlic heads +4 garlic cloves, divided ✓ 2 Tbsp salt ✓ 2 pounds tomatillos 2 1/2 medium white onions, divided ✓ 1-3 Serrano peppers (stems removed) ✓ 2 bunches of cilantro […]
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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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