I’ve always admired a way a buddy greets me. He says, “HOE-la,” with a purposeful incorrect pronunciation.
What grabbed my eye about this card, and eventually it will show up on the side-project, was the price. 9 pesos. Worked out to 44 cents, not that it matters, or not that I would track that kind of information. 9 pesos.
I’m not a huge fan of history, just portions of it are of interest. For example, the way the Mother Church is interwoven with “western man’s” relentless march forward.
In an old coffee shop in North Austin, there was a historical map of Texas, the original version. Spiritually, the way I still feel about Texas. The map shows the westward boundary as the Rio Bravo (Rio Grande), curving around the current western tip of Texas, and going north, like, almost to Wyoming. That would include modern day Denver and Albuquerque.
Texas was, at one time, the northern Mexico state of Tejas, along with our southern neighbor, Coahuila. The Spanish roots are deep, no use denying that. Border wars are hot again, and it’s a pervasive influence, one way or another.
Shakespeare notes:
The lost play.
