April – Page 5 – Manzanillo Sun

Who was that Badged Man?

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2011 Edition (A drive to Laredo and back) It was shortly after a Manzanillo midnight that we embarked upon our sojourn to Laredo. 2,963 kilometers, 2,006 pesos in road tolls, and three days plus seventeen hours later we would return. And just what was the impetus for this journey? […]

Vision of Mexico High on the Hilltop

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Freda Rumford from the April 2011 Edition When one is living in a jewel-like setting, high atop a mountain overlooking the crystal blue Pacific Ocean with sparkling, white crested waves, surrounded by a curved bay with palm trees waving in a gentle breeze, just how do you add yet another layer of beauty without […]

Ken Kesey In Manzanillo

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Terry Sovil

By Terry Sovil from the April 2011 Edition With the Merry Pranksters “I am in the ocean, doing nothing, just bobbing.” Kenneth Elton Kesey, September 17, 1935 to November 10, 2001, was a novelist, a psychedelic notable of the counter-culture and leader of the Merry Pranksters. He considered himself a link between the Beat Generation […]

The Naval Hospital of Manzanillo

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Freda Rumford from the April 2011 Edition The Armada plays a huge role within the military forces of Mexico. With almost 11,122 kilometres of coastline to protect, it is vital for the safety of Mexico’s estimated population of 111 million people, many of whom live in the major central cities, far from the ocean. […]

We All Have Met ‘Em…8

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2011 Edition (The following is the seventh installment of a slightly embellished and bit fictionalized account of an almost real event!) We all have met ‘em. . . . . . you know the sort, it may be a brother-in-law, next door neighbor or that particularly irritating high school […]

The Missions

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By David Fitzpatrick from the April 2011 Edition The Catholic Missions in Mexico and other parts of Latin America The early Spanish colonizers of Latin America considered it important to establish a permanent, functioning, European style community as quickly as possible. Since the introduction of European Spaniards in sufficient numbers seemed difficult, if not impossible, […]

Juan Escutia & The the San Patricios

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Terry Sovil

By Terry Sovil from the April 2011 Edition Juan Escutia & The San Patricios 1909-1970 Born: 1828-1832 (date is uncertain) Birthplace: Tepi, Nayarit Died: September 12-13, 1847 Place of Death: Chapultepec Castle Juan Escutia and The San Patricios (Saint Patrick’s Battalion) were both significant in the Mexican-American War. The war, under U.S. President James Polk, […]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

April 1, 2011February 11, 2019Tommy Clarkson

By Tommy Clarkson from the April 2011 Edition Written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows Perhaps, similar to that of a developed taste for a well aged, single malt scotch, the acquired appreciation for a delicious, dense and crumbly, marbled blue cheese, or – for some – the toasty taste of a firm, even […]

TECH TALK

April 1, 2011November 11, 2017Manzanillo Sun Writer

By Claire Gibson from the April 2011 Edition “If your caps lock ends up on in Word, is there any way to change a sentence from caps to regular without erasing and doing it again?” Yes there is a keyboard shortcut that will change the case of text in your Word document. In fact, it is […]