There is a town by the name of Santa Rosalia on the Sea of Cortez, in Baja California. When you hear a Santa Rosalia native say the name, the word
"Rosalia" has the most lyrical and lovely sound, and you imagine the town as a woman, dark hair captured at the nape of a long and elegant neck, red
rose behind the ear, smoky eyes. A sultry rolling "R", a slightly flat "O", and softer "S" - "Rosalia".
It is a salt water town with a most unique history. In the United States we too often ignore our own past and the building of this country by
immigrants who were unwelcome but instrumental in erecting the industrial foundation of our economy in the 1800's. The Irish, the Chinese, the
Scandinavians; add just about any other nationality to the mix and you'd have the right of it. Santa Rosalia echoes a similar melting pot past to our
own United States history. |
