I wrote McCarthy a letter in which i told him that my great-grandfather was killed in a gunfight right on the Mexican border in 1911. He wrote back a said he feared that the history of the West would never be written.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 11:29 AM Gary Schiltz <g...@naturesvisualarts.com> wrote: > I read perhaps two thirds of Blood Meridian a few years ago. My memory > is a little hazy about it now, but I just remember it feeling a little > "disjointed", and quite bloody and violent (unnecessarily so, IMO). I > might give it another go someday. Meanwhile, perhaps I'll try reading > The Crossing on Frank's recommendation. > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 7:02 AM Frank Wimberly <wimber...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Blood Meridian is his masterpiece but I enjoyed reading The Crossing > more. > > > > --- > > Frank C. Wimberly > > 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, > > Santa Fe, NM 87505 > > > > 505 670-9918 > > Santa Fe, NM > > > > On Wed, Jun 14, 2023, 1:29 AM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > >> > >> Cormac McCarthy died yesterday in Santa Fe where he lived for the last > 30 years. Douglas Preston lives in Santa Fe too. There must be something in > Santa Fe which attracts good writers :-) What's your favorite McCarthy > novel? > >> > https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jun/13/cormac-mccarthy-dead-novelist > >> > >> -J. > >> > >> -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > >> archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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