The D-I-V-O-R-C-E

By April Pepper from the November 2011 Edition Oh sure, I can give lots of lip service about important topics such as co-parenting, parallel-parenting, single-parenthood, parenthood….The truth is, I’m flying blind. I probably read the same blogs you read. I probably search the same key phrases you search. Like… ‘How to tell your kids you’re […]

Continue reading

Mere Mortals

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the November 2011 Edition Several days ago I was preparing to write this next article and anticipating Freda’s (our illustrious editor) reminder via email. I have a number of lovely stories still to share about living in Manzanillo. But when Freda’s email arrived titled ‘heads up’ these stories seemed so […]

Continue reading

After the Storm

By Freda Rumford from the November 2011 Edition   First printed in the Guadalajara Reporter 20.10.2011 Following the recent stories about Hurricane Jova, it seems necessary to add yet a little more. Upon going out and about in Manzanillo, it was extremely sad to see the amount of Mexican families that had been totally destroyed […]

Continue reading

Hurricanes

By Terry Sovil from the November 2011 Edition Well, JOVA came to visit! Jova made landfall near Chamela in the state of Jalisco with maximum sustained winds of 160km/h (100mph), the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Jova, classed as a category two storm, made landfall at 23:00 local time (11:00pm Tuesday 10/11). Chamela is […]

Continue reading

Vicente Guerrero

By Terry Sovil from the November 2011 Edition (1782–1831) Vicente Guerrero is sometimes compared to George Washington and Abraham Lincoln in the USA. A former slave, he freed his country and then its slaves. Born in1782 in Ixtla, Mexico, he was of mixed white and Negro parentage (mulatto) with an Indian strain. His father, Juan […]

Continue reading

This ‘N’ That

By Vivian Molick from the November 2011 Edition Did you know that… Clans of long ago that wanted to get rid of their unwanted people without killing them would burn their houses down – hence the expression “to get fired”. The term “the whole 9 yards” came from W.W.II fighter pilots in the South Pacific. […]

Continue reading
Manzanillo Sun July 2010 cover

Index 2010

In this issue: Index to articles & Stories over the past year   —————— Read the full magazine in flipping magazine style at Issuu Download in PDF – large file size -1.33mb   Manzanillo SunManzanillo Sun’s eMagazine written by local authors about living in Manzanillo and Mexico, since 2009

Continue reading