Soccer War

Last week, I wrote an column about the so-called Soccer War fought by Honduras and El Salvador in 1969.

It was an especially fun column to write, mostly because I'm cuckoo for Latin America, but seldom get a chance to write about it.

I'm also very happy by the response it's gotten on CL's web site. The column has prompted two, presumably Atlanta-dwelling Latin Americans to share their family memories of the war in the comment section under the column.

As a writer who works alone and at home, it's very gratifying to witness that something I've written has engaged someone in a personal way. Not a deep, soul-stirring, life-changing way -- but a "Hey, I picked up CL to read about what concert to go to this weekend, but instead I got reminded of that story that my grandfather used to talk about."