The cast: Jose Munguia, Emilia Astiazaran, Julia Munguia. Jose and Emilia marry in Hermosillo, Sonora. Emilia gives birth to Julia. The family moves to Nogales, Arizona. Jose opens a feedstore, Emilia keeps the house, and Julia watches from the wings. The routine and cadence of domestic life sets in. Each spouse revealing personality quirks and character flaws missed or ignored during courtship. Emilia begins to "let herself go" and Jose slides into inattentiveness. Emilia a

This is a continuation of the "Happy Birthday Tata Ulla" blog . What follows is a patchwork portrait of my aunt and godmother Julia Munguia in 1950-60s Nogales, Arizona, a sleepy border town of seven thousand plus souls, separated from Nogales, Sonora by chainlink and barbed wire. My "Tata Ulla" as witnessed through my young eyes and adolescent brain. It wasn't until much later that I began to "get" who she was. I'd never met anyone quite like her - a petite, funny, maddeni