Yezzem

Got my first yezzem down in the little town of Bandera yesterday while browsing in an antique/junk store. It is the equivalent to the Canadian shopkeeper's "yeah," when asked a question that requires an affirmative answer. Also got another hat-doffing introduction to a cowboy here yesterday, too. Really do like the manners down here.

We were in Bandera for Mardi Gras. The town has a population of 902 and the parade was huge, complete with a live Zydeco band that was awesome. They have old saloons here that you go downstairs to get to, in basements, and they really do have sawdust on the floors. Got a sack of Mardi Gras beads, too, from all the parade floats flinging them out by the thousands.