By Ken Waldie on the May 2021 Edition It was a dark and snowy night. I arose early, the cold biting my skin. Looking out the window, I could see snowflakes swirling in the wind. It had been snowing all yesterday, building a white blanket that would need clearing before the trek could begin. Dressing for […]
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By Ken Waldie on the January 2021 Edition Manzanillo is a challenging place to have hair sometimes. When it gets hot, hair can get frizzy or oily and when it is hu-mid, hair can fall limp and get frizzy or just limp. Hot, humid summers can leave you with oily hair and scalp. It’s a challenge. […]
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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 Ken Waldie on the November 2020 Edition Having lived most of her life in various parts of Mexico, Dana, our fearless editor and my lovely wife, has undertaken to show me the Mexico she knows. As a result, every year we travel to new areas and often we bring family and friends along for the […]
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By Ken Waldie from the February 2019 Edition From Manzanillo, it’s a long climb up to Lake Chapala at 1,524 m. or 5,000 ft above sea level, but the climb is so gradual, it’s indiscernible. Even a short distance from the coast land and weather can change from humid to arid, and warm to cool, […]
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By Ken Waldie from the February 2018 Edition Canada is cold. Hell is Endothermic. I woke this morning to grey twilight. Last night, it had snowed 2 inches, but now it was raining the cold piercing rain that only those who live on the northern coastal region would know. Bundled in my coat and scarf, I […]
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By Ken Waldie from the September 2017 Edition We did it! Not only did we get hitched, but we also got an education in Mexican paperwork. It’s well known that you can-not just make one trip to get any paperwork accomplished. It usually takes 2 or 3. For us, it was more like 6 stops at […]
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By Suzanne A. Marshall from the April 2016 Edition Within minutes or hours of Manzanillo you can find many destinations worth a day or overnight trip. One such place is Rancho Colina de San Miguel (colina means hill), a place to spend a leisurely afternoon enjoying a spectacular view of the Colima’s most active volcano […]
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In this issue: Planting Roots in Mexico Silver Fittonia – Tommy Clarkson Florida Thatch Palm – Tommy Clarkson Living in Mexico A Day at the Beach – John Chalmers The Unexpected – Suzanne A. Marshall For the love of Vanilla – Kirby Vickery Rancho Colina de San Miguel – Ken Waldie Flora Exotica – Freda […]
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In this issue: Living in Mexico A lucky Escape –Â John Chalmers Ode to March – Kirby Vickery Finally They’re Back – Suzanne A. Marshall Driving in Mexico – Ken Waldie Restaurant and Recipes What Constitutes a Good Restaurant? – Allan Yanitski Salpicon – Dana Parkinson At the Movies Experimenter –Â Suzanne A. Marshall The […]
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