the latter part, until today, was cold and snowy.
We received about 4 inches of snow on Thursday; Boulder
received 7.5 inches.
Thursday, my neighbor Julie and I went to town at 7:15 AM
so she could have an MRI and hopefully, a final clean bill
of health for her breast cancer. The roads were terrible.
They were covered with ice with snow on top, but not enough
snow to avoid being really slick. It was snowing so hard
that although the sander had been by at 6:30 by 7:15 there
was no sign of sand. But, it all worked out OK. We had
no problems and fortunately no one slid into us!
I joined Facebook this week so that I could see Allison's
pictures from their trip to the San Rafael Reef Thanksgiving
week. It looks like they had a great time although
Thanksgiving day appears to have been foggy and rainy.
I finished reading David Halberstam's "The Coldest Winter."
This is a non-fiction account of the Korean War; what
happened before, during and after. As I read I wondered
why it took Truman so long to fire MacArthur, but I
suppose because Truman was so unpopular at that time he
didn't dare do it. MacArthur was the darlin' of the
country. He also was egotistical to the nth degree,
very dramatic and at times a darn poor General. He
was determined to send the troops north to the Yalu
river despite the terrible weather. It was winter and
the troops only had summer gear! The Chinese entered
the war, but MacArthur denied that. He was determined
to get to Manchuria and he wanted to take on the
Chinese. It's a fascinating book. The inter-woven
politics between Truman/MacArthur, Mao/Stalin, and
poor Kim, thinking he was in charge.
Currently, I am reading "Look Me in the Eye" by
John Elder Robison with an introduction by his
younger brother, Arthur Burroughs who wrote
"Running with Scissors." Robison has Asberger's
form of Autism, but he has learned how to cope
with it and in his book he explains how very difficult
it is to look someone in the eye because his mind is so
easily distracted. He has to stare at something
very neutral, not someones eyes, in order to keep
focused. He turns out to be a savant as far as
electronics goes and clearly he writes well. He
never graduated from high school, but took the GED
and got 96%, but he didn't get his certificate
because that would have cost $25.00 and he refused
to pay that. It is another very interesting book
and very funny, poignant and informative, too.
