Me in my cowboy suit. My hand is on my gun. I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. |
You want to know why you haven't heard from me? It's because I've been living with cowboys. I've been reading Larry McMurtry's book, Streets of Laredo and I couldn't pull myself away from it. This book is the sequel to Lonesome Dove. The same characters were in it. Lorena is no longer a whore. Pea isn't a bumbling cowboy but a responsible husband and father. Woodrow Call is an old man. But, Mox Mox is still evil and crazy.
Every spare minute I had, I picked up the book. It's the best book I've read since Lonesome Dove.
I think I enjoyed it so much because it brought back my childhood. I played cowboys and Indians all the time. I watched cowboys on TV. I loved Maverick. I used to kiss the TV screen when there were close-ups
of him and I don't mean close-ups of James Garner because I never cared for him in anything else. It was only Maverick.
Anyway, that's why I haven't been blogging. I've been reading and loving it. Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo, both are historical fiction at its best.
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