Quote of the day
The acceptance that all that is solid has melted into the air, that reality and morality are not givens but imperfect human constructs, is the point from which fiction begins.
Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo
Born: July 4, 1807
Died: January 18, 1890 (aged 82)
Bio: Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was a Californio military commander, politician, and rancher who was born a subject of Spain and became a military officer of the Republic of Mexico and participated in the settling and transition of the Mexican province of Alta California into the state of California.








