By Kirby Vickery on the August 2019 Edition I found, according to one internet site, there are thirteen different kinds of snakes in Mexico. Then I went to another and found three more. After that, I found some additional varieties. But, I’m not really sure how many varieties there are altogether. Of the seventeen I was […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the August 2019 Edition (Most who know me are aware that I write several regular columns for a variety of electronic and hard copy venues. This one is sort of a “Tommy’s Tips” by way of “Planting Roots” meets “Tommy’s Tummy”!) Upon seeing our wide array of different species of palms, no […]
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By John Chalmers on the August 2019 Edition You may well wonder what grizzly bears have to do with México! In fact, not much now, but there was a time, thousands of years ago, when grizzlies ranged across western North America from México to Alaska. Today, there are no grizzly bears in México. In the continental, […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall on the August 2019 Edition Ever since coming to Mexico, I’ve had this fascination for Pelicans. Which means I watch them a lot from my terrace and on regular beach walks up to the rocks and the river where the bay ends and Karmina Palace stands regally in the background. The brown pelican […]
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By Path to Citizenship on the July 2019 Edition Mexico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900 and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since 1924. Mexico has also participated in several Winter Olympic Games since 1928, though has never medaled in the Winter Olympics. Mexican athletes have won a total […]
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By Manzanillo Sun Writer on the July 2019 Edition Hibiscus Tea Concentrate ✓ 3 cups filtered water ✓ 3/4 cup dried hibiscus flowers ✓ 1/4 – 1/2 cup sweetener of choice (or to taste, could use 1/2 agave, 1/2 cane sugar) For 2 Margaritas ✓ 5-6 ice cubes ✓ 1/2 cup hibiscus tea concentrate ✓ 1 […]
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By Yann Kostic on the July 2019 Edition It’s easy to make financial mistakes when you’re young, because you can generally recover from them over time. Unfortunately, the same can’t be said as you approach retirement, when you’ll have less room for error. With that in mind, here are five mistakes that are easy to make […]
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By Tommy Clarkson on the July 2019 Edition Ti Plant Cordyline Fruticosa Family Agavaceae Asparagabeae Also known as Cordyline, Hawaiian Ti Plant, Palm Lily or Tree of Kings Since writing about the more commonly seen, magenta colored and often simply called a Cordyline featured in Volume I of our “The Civilized Jungle” book series no few […]
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By Kirby Vickery on the July 2019 Edition The dog figures prominently in Mesoamerican Folklore so much so that in many versions of the 20-day cycle of the Mesoamerican calendar, the tenth day bears the name “dog”. This is Itzcuintli in Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, Tz’i’ in the K’iche’ Maya language and Oc in […]
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By Terry Sovil on the July 2019 Edition Sea Salt. Is Sea salt different from table salt? Yes, according to Katherine Zeratsky, R.D., L.D from the Mayo Clinic. It differs in taste, texture, processing. Sea salt is from the evaporation of sea water, has little processing and leaves minerals. Table salt is mined from deposits underground, […]
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