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Variegated Cuban Oregano- I Planted Roots in Mexico

December 1, 2019December 17, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

By Tommy Clarkson on the December 2019 Edition Variegated Cuban Oregano Plectranthus amboinicus Family Lamiaceae Also known as Oregano Brujo, Broadleaf Thyme, Country Borage, Soup Mint and, virtually, all of the same names as the classic Cuban Oregano In Volume I of “The Civilized Jungle,” I wrote about the classic Cuban Oregano also known as […]

Reform War

December 1, 2019December 17, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

By Kirby Vickery on the December 2019 Edition The War of Reform (Spanish: Guerra de Reforma) in Mexico, during the Second Federal Republic of Mexico, was the three-year civil war (1857–1860) between members of the Liberal Party who had taken power in 1855 under the Plan of Ayutla, and members of the Conservative Party resisting […]

Sunburned Gringo Tree- I Planted Roots in Mexico

December 1, 2019December 17, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

By Tommy Clarkson on the December 2019 Edition Family Burseraceae Also known as Paper Bark Tree, Gumbo-Limbo Tree, Naked Indian, Copperwood, Turpentine Tree, Mulatto Stick, West Indian Birch or Tourist Tree Within the greater family as a whole, there are some 600 species in 15 genera, including species that yield frankincense and myrrh. (I guess […]

Valle de Guadalupe

December 1, 2019December 17, 2019Dan and Lisa GoyLeave a Comment

By Dan and Lisa Goy on the December 2019 Edition Bienvenido a la Ruta del Vino Baja California The Valle de Guadalupe (Guadalupe Valley) is just a 1-hour drive from the US crossing at Tecate, Mexico. This region is part of the Ensenada Municipality, Baja California, Mexico and is an increasingly popular tourist destination for […]

Guerrero Negro – Whales and Salt

November 1, 2019November 11, 2019Dan and Lisa GoyLeave a Comment

By Dan and Lisa Goy on the November 2019 Edition No visit to Baja is complete without a stop in Guerrero Negro, Spanish for Black Warrior. Founded in 1955 when an American by the name of Daniel Ludwig, who also constructed the hotel Acapulco Princess in the port of Acapulco, decided to install a salt works […]

Calavera – Día de los Muertos

November 1, 2019November 12, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

By Path to Citizenship Series on the November 2019 Edition In the late 1800s and early 1900s, Jose Guadalupe Posada began creating engraving and etchings to illustrate the newspapers of the day called broadsheets. His prints of skeletons doing everyday jobs are still called Calaveras today. Posada was the first to sketch the skeletons wearing […]

Okra – I Planted Roots in Mexico

November 1, 2019November 12, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

By Tommy Clarkson on the November 2019 Edition Okra Abelmoschus esculentus Family Malvaceae Also known as Ladies’ Fingers or Ochro Question: Do you know where you can always find Okra? Answer: In the gardens of Okrahoma! (OK, now, a collective groan!) Yes, this is, in fact, a perennial, though up north it is planted and […]

Mexican Cessation of the XIX Century

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Manzanillo SunLeave a Comment

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 […]

Rambo: Last Blood-At the Movies

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Tommy ClarksonLeave a Comment

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 […]

Ad Astra -At the Movies

October 1, 2019October 23, 2019Suzanne A. MarshallLeave a Comment

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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