I read that one several years back. It's definitely not a cheerful story. One part upset me a bit... Bet you know which part too.

A lot of McCarthy's stories are in the same vein with Steinbeck and Hemingway... "Life is hard and then you die" seems to be the general theme.

Mike

Also checking out Building the Southern Banded Horn, I want to up my powder horn game once I get my old lathe reworked and operational.

Honestly. The journal’s of Lewis and Clark. For the second time. There is some repetitive stuff in there but overall it’s extremely hard to put down. Reading firsthand accounts of how our ancestors conquered a wilderness is exciting. The discipline and determination of those men is astonishing. Nowadays we complain about getting wet while outside. These men endured the Pacific Northwest with almost no shelter and traversed the Rockies twice with almost zero food. They spent something like a week in view of the Pacific Ocean but were unable to get there due to weather.

I would read the road for 45 mins at night then, all misty eyed walk into all my kids’ rooms and give them hugs, then walk outside the next morning heading to work with a whole new appreciation for life I’ve got. You know it’s a good book when it puts you into a story so deeply you can’t stop thinking about it. I think blood meridian will be the next book of his I read, or no country for old men.

Just finishing Mink, Mary, and Me. Interesting but frustrating.