Hi folks, As we reach the end of 2022 and start to pick at the clear protective sticker covering 2023 (or that’s what I’m doing, I can never resist peeling that thing off), I just want to thank you for being part of the WanderFinder community. Whether you’ve been here all year or just joined yesterday, it’s a honor to have you by my metaphorical side as I found some
Your tamales sent me into a reverie about the bean burritos, smothered in fragrant, roasted green chile sauce, which could be had at the Pojoaque Truck Stop. Alas, that meagre crossroads is now resplendent with garish casinos that insult the landscape.
By coincidence, I have been working on a passage in my novel in which the protagonist is taken on a scenic route. Here is a draft:
Taking the scenic route
Your tamales sent me into a reverie about the bean burritos, smothered in fragrant, roasted green chile sauce, which could be had at the Pojoaque Truck Stop. Alas, that meagre crossroads is now resplendent with garish casinos that insult the landscape.
By coincidence, I have been working on a passage in my novel in which the protagonist is taken on a scenic route. Here is a draft:
https://alanabramswriter.com/stories/the-dead-shall-be-his-own-an-excerpt/
As someone who made a uturn to buy tamales off the side of the road in Las Vegas yesterday I totally get it. The best tamales are random.
Happy New year! Enjoy your desert tea!
Happy new year! I had tamales bought out of a kitchen window in east L.A. and they are worth the travel plans.
hah! you caught me working on it...thanks for the kind words. And yes, I have a screenplay in mind for it... let's exchange email addresses via Janet.
PS--I hope you can come to the reading this evening at My Dead Aunt's Books...5pm...bring something to read!