Garlic Chives – I Planted Roots in Mexico

By Tommy Clakson from the February 2019 Edition Garlic Chives -Allium tuberosum Family Amaryllidaceae Also known as Oriental Garlic, Asian Chives, Chinese Chives or Chinese Leek (The same morning, recently, that I came upon some forgotten parsley which I’d planted a while back, I also found, nearby, this wonderful, new pot of Garlic Chives. A’hhhh, […]

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Butterfly Bush -I Planted Roots in Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2019 Edition Family Turneracea Also known as Mexican Holly, Damiana, Damiana Aphrodisiaca, Damiana Herb, Damiana Leaf, Mexican Damiana, Mizibcoc, Old Woman’s Broom and Oreganillo (I encourage you to be seated and holding onto something secure as you read the following – quite possibly – most shocking of surprises. But […]

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Parsley-I Planted Roots in Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2019 Edition Parsley, Petroselinum crispum  Family: Apiaceae or Umbelliferae   Also known as: Garden Parsley  After the first year of looking like this, it will go to seed the next. (Why have I not written about Parsley before? Just didn’t think ads, soups, stocks and vinegars. Having the capacity […]

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Cockscomb-I Planted Roots in Mexico

 By Tommy Clarkson from the January 2019 Edition Cockscomb Celosia cristata  Family Amaranthaceae  Also known as  Wool Flower, Brain Celosia, Red Fox or Velvet Flower  (Yesterday, while stepping away from my regular morning workout as a result of over-actively pushing my aging body and cracking a rib I was walking through an area in which […]

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A Truly Special Gift. Thank you Margarita!

 By Suzanne A. Marshall  from the January 2019 Edition This is our fourth year volunteering for the children’s Christmas party in the barrio of Santiago. It’s a special event held outside in the school grounds where a whole host of expats, neighbourhood volunteers, and older boys and girls, help us out each year. It’s a […]

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Life Itself

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the January 2019 Edition Directed by:       Dan Fogelman         Starring:    Oscar Isaac, Olivia Wilde, Annette Bennington, Mandy Patinkin, Jean Smart, Olivia Cooke, Sergio Peris-Mencheta, Antonio Banderas, Laia Costa, Alex Monner  “As a young, New York City couple goes from college romance to marriage and the birth of their first […]

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