He was never a citizen of Mexico. He was a U.S. citizen all of his life. He lived in Texas for 25 years after Texas won its independence and writes extensively of this experience. Crazy to think there were bison and wolves roaming around in Austin.

When I saw Carol O'Connor interviewed in real life I couldn't believe he was not more like Archie Bunker. Same with Jean Stapleton and Edith. Turns out Carrol O'Conner had, like, a master's in English Lit or something like that.

Really? That's true? People really couldn't separate the character from the actual man?

The problem for me is I only get 300 characters. I'm just clearing my throat at 300 characters.

He was focused on a distant mountain. 😉

I did watch it and you are right. Sad, too. Ol' Traces got emotional at times.

I think you're consuming the wrong media. In nearly every story that you'll find about her, there is talk of her intelligence, her linguistic ability etc ...

He was shooting a distant mountain. 😃

That is a very selective view of Texas history.