Thursday, March 13, 2008

Icons, corn flakes and pig haulers

The day Humphrey Bogart died we were eating corn flakes in the dining room of a one-armed pig hauler in Guadalajara where we rented a room.
My mother pushed away from the table, went to our room and didn't come out for 3 days.
The pig hauler and his family wondered uneasily when this strange American family was going to finally leave.

2 comments:

CJGallegos said...

Oh, I've got the novel written. I've just been stumped by the first sentences. Thanks for the tip.

CJGallegos said...

That would be "gotten. I've gotten the novel written". Let's just say it's writ.