The Butler

By Suzanne A. Marshall from the October 2013 Edition Lee Daniels’ “As Cecil Gaines serves eight presidents during his tenure as a butler at the White House, the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other major events affect this man’s life, family and American society.” I really loved this picture. I loved the way it looked as if […]

Continue reading
Manzanillo Sun article

Only in Mexico

By Tommy Clarkson from the October 2013 Edition … is pre-planning, prioritizing or precisely scheduling seemingly anathema to the manner of conducting any manner of business. … does the “punctuality gene” seem to be wholly missing from the vast preponderance of the populous. … are those same folks as described above always driving at break neck […]

Continue reading

Office Bytes

By Vivian Molick from the October 2012 Edition Underlining with a Little ‘Zing’ in MS Word When you’re creating a document in Word and wished there was something with a little more zing than the typical ‘bold, italic or underlining’ to jazz things up a bit, what is there to do? I use Word for […]

Continue reading

Comala Coffee

By Kirby Vickery & Freda Rumford from the October 2012 Edition BACK AT THE RANCH There are two major Haciendas and many smaller growers of coffee in the Comala area. The Hacienda San Antonio nestles in the shadow of the Volcan de Fuego. The 1913 eruption of the Volcan de Fuego was particularly violent and threatened […]

Continue reading