By Tommy Clarkson on the July 2019 Edition Hibiscus Family Malvaceae Also known as Rose Mallows (Regular readers of my weekly column, “Planting Roots in Mexico,” or those who’ve perused the first two volumes of our “The Civilized Jungle” series, are aware that, generally, I strive to write about specific species, not general genera somehow that […]
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By John Chalmers on the July 2019 Edition Mexican culture, costumes, tradition and heritage are in good hands with young people of Manzanillo! That was clearly evident on March 31 when the girls and boys from Casa Hogar Los Angelitos gave a stellar performance of dance and music at the new CALA facility, now nearing completion. […]
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By Suzzane A. Masrshal on the June 2019 Edition Directed by : Deepa Mehta Starring : Seema Biswas, Lisa Ray, John Abraham, Sarala Kariyawasam, Manorama Chuyia (Sarala Kariyawasam) is an eight year old girl, whose husband suddenly dies. In keeping with traditions of widow-hood, she is dressed in a white sari, her head is shaven and […]
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By Señior Tech on the June 2019 Edition This month I am going to write tips to address a number of issues affecting residents and visitors to Mexico. At some point, everyone needs to either print a document from their computer/tablet or make a copy from other papers. If your needs are minimal, get a cheap data […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the June 2019 Edition Indian Rubber Plant Ficus elastic Family Moraceae Also known as Indian Rubber Tree, Rubber Fig, Rubber Bush, Asssam Tree or Snake Tree From a genus of no less than 800 species and a rather substantive group thought to be double that number by some botanists the strange growth […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the June 2019 Edition I own a Cairn Terrier whose breed purports to be from Scotland and, even though there are histories that support this thesis, there are internet sites about Scottish dog breeds which deny her existence. My other dog is a ‘Mostly.’ She’s a rescued dog but doesn’t hold the […]
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By Terry Sovil on the June 2019 Edition Do you know the correct Spanish name(s)? I’m used to lime = green acidic fruit and lemon = yellow acidic fruit. But here, in Mexico, a lime is limón, and a lemon is lima, sometimes also referred to as a limón real. Outside of Mexico their names may […]
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By Tommy Clarkson the June 2019 Edition Aphelandra Squarrosa Aphelandra squarrosa Family Acanthaceae Also known as Saffron Spike (This beauty, most probably, originated in Brazil. But why/how I recall something else, most convolutedly related, is clearly yet another example of my particular thinking process of quirkiness! You see, before I completed US Army Officer Candidate School […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall the June 2019 Edition When we started our winter sojourns to Manzanillo in 2007, we felt we’d hit the jackpot with a wonderful reprieve from Canadian winter and a good start at initiating our retirement ‘bucket list’. We were only partially retired but freedom and travel were at our fingertips. We selected […]
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By John Chalmers the June 2019 Edition At the small town of El Naranjo, population 1,500, in the municipality of Manzanillo, and not far from the city center, school kids in the town are keeping alive the culture, tradition, heritage and dances of México. On March 19, at the open-air casino, the pavilion beside Highway 200 at […]
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