Orthosphere commenter Joseph A. recently wrote that he could humanely bridge the ideological chasm between himself and an SJW if he found that they both shared a love for the music of the Czech composer Bedřich Smetana. In the hope that it might add to this love feast, I promised to send him a photo of a hamlet called Smetana, which lies six or seven miles west of here.
I warned Joseph A. that Smetana was not much to look at, but as you can see, Smetana Folks have their hearts in the right place.
This county received a large Czech immigration in the 1870s, but it is unknown if they named the hamlet for their national composer or some humble Smetana who ran a grocery on the spot. If Joseph A. will only carry a copy of the second photo in his wallet, I am sure striking up humane conversations with SJWs will be no trouble at all.
Right… Where have they hidden the Slivovitz Still?
Wonder if the Democrat candidate was Lapsang Souchong? Russian Caravan anyone?
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Thank you! I actually knew about the Texas Czech immigration wave because last year, I enjoyed the performance of The Bartered Bride set in a Czech community in Texas. I knew beforehand that Czechs had settled in Iowa and Kansas, but I didn’t know about Texas. Given how much I love Czechs and how charming I find Texans, perhaps I should make a pilgrimage one day. Yet, it doesn’t seem like there’s much to visit, though I could spend a pleasant afternoon in Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery. From your picture above, I see that the good citizens of Smetana want to elevate Earl Gray to a position of power. Jean-Luc Picard would no doubt find the Smetanans quite sensible folk.
If I die here and am buried in a Catholic cemetery, I’ve told my wife to park me in the Smetana branch, and not the main cemetery in town. The candidacy of Earl Gray has been a feeble ray of sunshine in what has otherwise been a dismal fall.