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? […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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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By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2011 Edition Raggedy wings had the motley old crow but two more they were than man’d ever grow. As a kid, I used to dream that I could fly. For some reason or another, however, I had to climb a flagpole first and then commence to soar from there. […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the March 2011 Edition Alocasia amazonica Family: Araceae (Also known as: Amazon Elephant’s Ear, Green Velvet, Jewel Alocasia, Alocasia Alligator, Amazon Lily, African Black Shield Plant, Alocasia Polly (or Poly) Hilo’s Beauty Elephant Ear and I know a Mexican gardener who calls them (Vampire’s Ear!) Enjoying full sun to partial shade, […]
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In this issue: Letter to the Editor General Interest Calendar of Events – February 2011 St. Valentine’s Day – Vivian Molick Sun Trivia A mixed bag of memories – Tommy Clarkson History The Spanish Missionaries in Mexico – David Fitzpatrick The Streets of Manzanillo – Francisco I. Madero – Terry Sovil Humor “Brilliant” Asleigh Ellwood […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2011 Edition Last month, I wrote of James Thurber whose birthday, December 8th, was one day before mine. F.T. Eyre has – once again – reminded me of yet another humorist writer whose works, as well as his last name, are singularly “Brilliant” – Ashleigh Ellwood generally precedes his […]
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By Vivian Molick from the February 2011 Edition If in your mind you root around and through your past do look you’ll find so many memories that you could fill a book! We weren’t aware that we were learning, but we were, in those Truman/Eisenhower days as Kansas kids. We were the children of two […]
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By Tommy Clarkson from the February 2011 Edition Family: Orchidaceae Right now, I’ve a lot of information with too little time and space! Firstly, the genus whole of orchids is the second largest family of flowering plants having between 22,000 and 27,000 currently accepted species in 880 genera not counting more than 50,000 registered hybrids! […]
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