My in-laws lived in Texas for a few years, and we only went to visit them once before they moved back to Ohio. We went in the summer to Ft. Worth. It was super hot, as I'm sure you're well aware and stayed in the 100s even in the evening that year.
I enjoyed seeing the remnants of cowboy culture in the "stockyard" part of town, but it was really weird to us to see virtually no sidewalks anywhere we drove. I think the cowboy stuff relates to the "borderer" thing from my limited experience of the place, but that was my impression -the legacy of "cattle raids" and all from the Scots-Irish. I also note that the most recent popular translator of the Tain Bo Culaigne and related tales from the Irish epics is Randy Lee Eickhoff who wrote westerns too.
Since that's all I can say about the state, I'll leave it at that, but I enjoyed your musings. Also, the other time I drove through the top, pan-handle I suppose, on I-40 I enjoyed seeing all those cars with their hoods stuck down in the dirt. A cool art piece!
I really need to reed Albion's Seed. I started the "American Nations" book, but haven't finished it!
Thank you for the kind words! Texas does have some weird art pieces/scenes in some rather unexpected places (look up Marfa sometime for one example).
As for Albion's Seed, I am ashamed to admit that for as much as I refer to it and concepts from it have shaped my understanding of American culture and histsory, I, errr, still haven't read it, despite it looming on my shelf for something like ten years now. So many books, so little time!
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(Anonymous) 2023-09-11 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)I enjoyed seeing the remnants of cowboy culture in the "stockyard" part of town, but it was really weird to us to see virtually no sidewalks anywhere we drove. I think the cowboy stuff relates to the "borderer" thing from my limited experience of the place, but that was my impression -the legacy of "cattle raids" and all from the Scots-Irish. I also note that the most recent popular translator of the Tain Bo Culaigne and related tales from the Irish epics is Randy Lee Eickhoff who wrote westerns too.
Since that's all I can say about the state, I'll leave it at that, but I enjoyed your musings. Also, the other time I drove through the top, pan-handle I suppose, on I-40 I enjoyed seeing all those cars with their hoods stuck down in the dirt. A cool art piece!
I really need to reed Albion's Seed. I started the "American Nations" book, but haven't finished it!
Blessings,
Justin Patrick Moore
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As for Albion's Seed, I am ashamed to admit that for as much as I refer to it and concepts from it have shaped my understanding of American culture and histsory, I, errr, still haven't read it, despite it looming on my shelf for something like ten years now. So many books, so little time!