“I met Eli Del Puerto because Felix Peralta tagged her in a post. They came together. She wore her rabbit fur coat. That made a whole lot of sense, given the cool weather. Also, it was fabulous. Eli Del Puerto means Eli of the Port. She travels all around the world to port cities and gets inspiration. This day on the Rio Grande is not like how many port cities look, but it’s what a port does that makes it what it is. It is a place where people meet, ostensibly to trade, but it becomes a place where lives are built, and culture is mixed and made into something new. Home in its best sense means a safe harbor. People carrying things on their heads, hearts, and backs or steering boats come through a port, and with that, they make all kinds of things. She sang fabulous songs on the river that she knows was once a sea where the dinosaurs roamed. -Jordan and Clarabelle