By Suzanne A. Marshall on the January 2021 Edition To say it has been a tough year in 2020 is a serious understatement. Those of us living in Manzanillo could at least enjoy the climate, humid air and a few safe activities such as walking, and the odd safe meal somewhere breezy and open-air, of […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the December 2020 Edition Narrow-Leaf Chalksticks Senecio vitalis Family Ateroceae Also known as Blue Chalk Fingers or Senecio (Right now, I am sorely dismayed, displeased and disgusted with a specific species of the insect world. How, why, what and where so? Well, to be specific, it is one particularly horned and ugly […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the December 2020 Edition Christmas Cactus Schlumbergera bridgessi Family Cactaceae Also known as Thanksgiving Cactus, Easter Cactus, Holiday Cactus or Crab Cactus (Once again, I am reminded that the mind is a terrible thing to lose – but, then again, that’s taking the premise that I ever really started out with much […]
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By Dan and Lisa Goy on the December 2020 Edition Baja Pictographs and Petroglyphs A regular stop on our Baja tours are Cave paintings near Catavina, which are easily accessible, and a short drive from where we camp for our overnight stay. There are over 350 archeological pictographs and petroglyph sites across the Baja peninsula, more […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the December 2020 Edition If you get into Mesoamerican history, you’ll find a time rich in folklore and sociological color. You will also find lots of warring, fighting, sacrifice, both animal and human, and a continuation of mythological beliefs that carry from one dominant society to the next. There is an area […]
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By Ken Waldie on the December 2020 Edition Just north of Manzanillo, in the Ejido El Central, just off the highway, you can find an orchid farm. And this was our next stop on our Colima tour. Viveplants, mainly orchids, if you’re Canadian the pronunciation is easy; Veev aye … as in ‘How you doin’, eh?’ […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the November 2020 Edition Watermelon Pepperomia Peperomia argyreia Family Piperaceae Also known as Baby Rubber Plant, Blunt-Leaved Peperomia or Pepperface In Volume I of “The Civilized Jungle”, I wrote about the herbaceous perennial, Pepperface (Peperomia obtusifolia), which is the pure and basic, green-leafed species of the Peperomia genus. (By the by, the […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the November 2020 Edition Texas Palmetto Sabal Mexicana Family Arecaceae Also known as Rio Grande Palmetto, Texas Sabal Palm, Texas Palm, Mexican Palmetto or Palmetto Cabbage (We’ve been able to grow almost any palm in Ola Brisa Gar-dens. But not this one! I’ve striven, repeatedly, to acquire one from “the wild”, from […]
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By Dan and Lisa Goy on the November 2020 Edition Remembering Baja Legend Don Johnson and the Hotel Serenidad Don Johnson, a true Baja Legend and owner of Hotel Serenidad in Mulegé, passed away on September 15, 2020 at age 94. Don was synonymous with Hotel Serenidad, where he and Nancy welcomed everyone from Hollywood elite […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the November 2020 Edition I find it intriguing that two cultures could put together ceremonies to be celebrated at the same time during a year and dealing with the same aspects, more or less similar ceremonious methodologies, and reason for a festival, one not having any concept of the other’s existence and […]
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