Year 3, week 15: True Grit

This week's book:
True Grit
By Charles Portis

My grandfather was the biggest fan of westerns, and this week's book is a western.

At our grandfather's funeral a couple of months ago, my sister and I shared with everyone some of the advice and humdingers that our grandfather shared with us over the years:

You don't talk when the Hawks are on, you just watch.

It doesn't matter if you have a good singing voice, just sing as loud as you can at church, and if you forget the words just move your mouth up and down and it looks like you’re singing.

If you're ever being kidnapped be as loud and crazy as possible because people will notice and you have a better chance of getting away.

Also, run because you can survive a gunshot opposed to being taken to a second location and potentially die.

My sister once made stew with steak instead of stewing meat and Grandpa said, "now you're getting it."

There was a couple that would cut coupons or collect pop cans from his 5 Mile Walk... but would spend so much on their loved ones.

If ice cream is a dessert option, always choose the ice cream.

If you can't pay for cash you don't really need it.

Life stops at four for a highball.

They threw the fanciest nicest garage sales you've ever seen, and Grandpa put of all the signs for Grandma even though it wasn't really his jam

Grandpa would have been a real asset if we ever got to appear on The Price is Right because he knew all the prices down to the penny for everything.

Westerns and Johnny Carson are valid excuses to let your granddaughter stay up too late

When watching a western in the coveted spot right beside him on the settee, there was a bar fight in the film, and Grandpa casually said that if you're in a bar fight, always break the bottle up because you have a chance of hitting your opponent with glass in the face.

 And so many more things that were not quite Church appropriate.

True Grit has been made into two great films. It's a classic western that has been enjoyed for fifty-one years. So if you enjoy the wild west, or miss my Grandpa, definitely pick it up. I enjoyed it.