In this issue: General Interest Calendar of Events June Death be Allowed Part I – Annie Sterling Book Review – Three Cups of Tea – Diana Stevens Humor We’ve All Met ‘Em – Tommy Clarkson Twisted Way of Talking – Tommy Clarkson Living in Manzanillo The Streets of Manzanillo – Hidalgo – Terry Sovil Pemex […]
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By Teresa Quizoz from the June 2010 Edition Ingredients 12 poblano chiles, roasted and peeled 1 cup ground veal 1 cup ground pork (with 30 percent fat content) 1 tsp sea salt, or to taste 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper, or to taste 1/4 cup vegetable oil 1/2 medium onion, finely […]
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By Terry Sovil from the June 2010 Edition Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla (1806-1872) The Hidalgo I know is a movie starring Viggo Mortensen about a fantastic true story of a pony express rider that takes his horse to Arabia for a race. The name is a very popular street name. Mexico City alone has […]
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By Terry Sovil from the June 2010 Edition Just where does one start on a story about this gentleman. With an initial demeanour that says “shy”, don’t believe it. This man is a mover and shaker in Manzanillo. Educated as a Biologist at the Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, he is General manager for ‘Tema […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the June 2010 Edition As many who read my column “Planting Roots in Mexico” know, nearly every day I can be found along with my faithful friend and plant pal, Paco working in our tropical gardens. But at some time this morning, mid-frond trim, the semantic question hit me. Prior to […]
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By Freda Rumford from the June 2010 Edition Most of us who have moved to Manzanillo from the Frozen North rub our hands with glee when we hear or read of storms back in our old neighbourhoods, be they snow, ice, freezing rain or hail and thank our lucky stars that we are away from […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the June 2010 Edition (The following is a slightly embellished and bit fictionalized Account of an almost real event!) . . . it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school bully badly who has gone badly to seed. You know the kind – those guys […]
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By Terry Sovil from the June 2010 Edition Highly endangered species found along the Mexican Pacific The hawksbill turtle is considered a critically endangered sea turtle and was thought to be extinct on the Pacific east coast. Recent studies by the Eastern Pacific Hawksbill Initiative have determined that there are By Terry Sovil hawksbill turtles […]
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By Diana Stewart from the June 2010 Edition In late 1993 Greg Mortensen staggered into a remote village in northern Pakistan lost, exhausted, and sadly disappointed. He had failed to climb the Himalayan peak K2 largely because he and a friend had gone to the rescue of another injured climber. The village of Korphe welcomed […]
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By Howard Platt from the June 2010 Edition It is the bird’s call that gets me. ”Cheeky, cheeky” it yells at me as I wander through wooded areas. Often I cannot see where the bird, just hear its taunting. Then it swoops by me in its undulating flight and lands on the trunk of a […]
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