In this issue: General Interest Letter from the Editor Did you know The “Jetsons” move to Manzanillo – Freda Rumford Health Be aware – Body Screen – Karen Trom History The Streets of Manzanillo – Alvaro Oblegon – Terry Sovil Living in Manzanillo Manzanillo Perspective – Suzanne A. Marshall How I came to Manzanillo – […]
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By Terry Sovil from the June 2011 Edition Visibility The best season to snorkel or dive Mexico’s Pacific coast is between August and February. From April to May the visibility is reduced from plankton blooms. Manzanillo waters can be affected by several conditions: Weather – Offshore storms or big swell coming into the bays stirs […]
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By Terry Sovil from the June 2011 Edition Valentin Gomez Farias 1781-1858 Born: 1781 Birthplace: Guadalajara, Jalisco Died: 1858 Place of Death: Mexico City Valentín Gómez Farías was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, February 14, 1781. His father, José Lugardo Gómez, was a merchant and his mother, Maria Josefa Martínez y Farías, was from a notable […]
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In this issue: General Interest Office Bytes! – Downloading Videos from the Internet – Vivian Molick Change your choices – Change your life – Aging – Karen Trom Lets talk sun sense – Freda Rumford History Streets of Manzanillo – Valentine Gomez Farias – Terry Sovil The Emperor Hueytlatoani Colimotl of […]
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By Terry Sovil from the May 2011 Edition Everyone loves the local beaches, the water movement, the coming and going of ships and the sunsets over the point. So what’s the deal with Manzanillo’s ocean? Where do we “fit” in Mexico and what do we have locally to set us apart? Mexico’s Beach Areas Mexico […]
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In this issue: General Interest This n’ That – Apple Cider Vinegar – Vivian Molick Personal Wonderings – Howard Platt Change your choices – change your life – Karen Trom History The streets of Manzanillo – Valentine Gomez Farias – Terry Sovil The Funding of Franciscan Missions Part II – Fray Junipero Serm […]
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In this issue: General Interest Calendar of Events – April 2011 Letters to the Editor Office Bytes – Adjusting Font Size – Viavian Molick The Guernsey Literary and Potato Pie Society – Tommy Clarkson History Streets of Manzanillo – Juan Escutia – Terry Sovil Catholic Missions in Mexican and Latin America – David FritzPatrick […]
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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 […]
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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, […]
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In this issue: Nature Purple Gallinule – Howard Platt Planting Roots – African Mask – Tommy Clarkson Raggedy Wings – Terry Sovil More Fish than Water – Howard Platt History The Streets of Manzanillo – Adolfo Lopex Mateos – Terry Sovil Living in Manzanillo A day with the Ar mada – Robert Hill PATA Poker […]
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