The Road by Cormac McCarthy is a post apocalyptic novel about survival and love. This is the first book that I read by McCarthy, though I recognize some of his other titles.

The prose is different from most novels, using minimal punctuation and attributes. At first this is difficult to follow, but becomes easier to understand as the novel progresses. The prose supplements the vivid picture painted by McCarthy.

I highly recommend this book.

Christmas Lights on the River (in San Antonio).

Driving 8 hours from one Grandparents’ house to the other on Christmas Day.

Opening one carefully selected gift on Christmas Eve.

Opening my presents early and re-wrapping them. (Only once or twice. Sorry Santa.)

Tamales.

Waking up while it was still dark to open presents but having to wait until the adults were ready.

Candlelight Service.

The living tree that was supposed to be planted but didn’t live through Christmas.

Christmas sweaters from Grandma, even though I hated them.

Gingerbread.

Ballet Lessons. The most memorable Christmas gift.

The Nutcracker Ballet.

Christmas carols on the radio.

Evergreens and Snow. It doesn’t feel like Christmas without them even though most of my Christmases were spent in Nevada or Texas.

Unwrapping 15 nested boxes to find a ring. Yes, the engaging kind.

What are your memories?

My husband (PC) and I saw this awesome movie.

I don’t watch TV at all any more because I’m too busy with Cotton Costumes, Ltd., the holidays, church, and work. I did not know what this movie was about going into it. My husband said let’s go see a movie, and I grabbed my purse. We don’t see movies that often, and he has impeccable taste in movies.

As we were headed into the theatre, PC suggested that perhaps this was a football movie.

What?  I don’t really like sports movies.

This was not a sports movie, sure sports played into it, but the real story was about the rescue of Michael Oher from a life that would have otherwise ended in tragedy. I give it two thumbs up.

Please, go see this movie and support positive family entertainment instead of that wildly popular vampire movie.

Raspberry

Just a fun picture to brighten your Monday. I took this in October when we stayed at Mt. Charleston for the night. This is across the street from the aspens I featured earlier.

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