Tag: Mexico

Estado de Sonora: Bas relief seal of the state of Sonora, Mexico, on a crumbling monument in the main square in Naco. The figures represent Sonora’s principal economic products (mining, agriculture, cattle production, and fishing). The figure in the central triangular field is a Yaqui deer dancer, symbolizing the indigenous citizens of the state.  

Naco. Walls.

All of the photos in this set are from a walk in the border town of Naco, in Sonora, Mexico. The bottom photo is of the existing 5 meter (17 foot) border wall looking toward Naco, Arizona and the Mule Mountains in Bisbee. The U.S. side of the wall has been recently draped with ugly coils of concertina wire. This is not Donald Trump’s promised “big beautiful wall,” which will be nearly double in height. As grotesque as it will be, it will not reach the heights of his monumental ego and xenophobia. 

Did you know that one can learn a new language, even if you are advanced in years? No, I don’t think it’s possible either. But I am trying to learn Spanish. Es muy difícil. I am unable to find a Spanish color-word that’s equivalent to the English color-word rust. The best alternative seems to be el color óxido, but 

óxido alone would refer only to a corroded substance, and not its color. Can anyone help?

View from Coronado Peak, at Coronado National Memorial in Cochise County, Arizona. 

In the foreground is Yaqui Ridge in the United States. Everything beyond is in Sonora, Mexico. If you click to enlarge the image, a portion of the current border wall can be seen left of Yaqui Ridge. This section of wall, constructed in the early 2000s, is about 17 feet tall (5 m).