We stayed with my sister and her husband last weekend at their place in Waco. We enjoyed an amazing meal with my nephew and his family. We visited Magnolia for the first time. We went to a great farmer's market. We popped into an incredible bookstore, Fables. My husband and brother-in-law golfed. And we sampled fabulous natural wines at my nephew's wine shop, The Wine Shoppe in Waco.
This weekend we are off to see our son's new place in Big Sandy, Texas. We are terribly excited...we will meet a wonderful new person who has just joined our family...I promise to tell you all about her next week!
Elizabeth and Her German Garden by Elizabeth von Arnim (Fiction)
Ten Stories by Katherine Mansfield (Short stories)
Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë (Fiction)
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds by Scott Wiedensaul (Nonfiction)
The Art of Eating by M.F.K. Fisher (Nonfiction)
Thunder and Lightning: Cracking Open the Writer's Craft by Natalie Goldberg (Nonfiction)
Last week I made a list of my favorite minor book characters here.
I shared a post about a visit to a fair of hand-decorated campers here.
Good Thing #1
Our Y is reopening!
It has been closed for nine months.
We thought it might never open again.
Good Thing #2
Our hairdresser got the vaccine.
She had been reluctant to get it.
We told her about our experience.
She got the vaccine the same week.
Good Thing #3
I am grateful for each of you who visits my blog,
for each of you who leaves a comment,
for each of you who joins in the Sunday Salon.
Thank you for being a Good Thing in my life.
I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Sunday Salon is a place to link up and to share what we have been doing during the week. It's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.
Some of the things we often talk about at the Sunday Salon:
- What was your week like?
- Read any good books? Tell us about them.
- What other bookish things did you do?
- What else is going on in your life?
Other places where you may like to link up over the weekend are below. Click on the picture to visit the site.
My linkup for Sunday Salon is below.
How excellent that you were able to influence your hairdresser to get vaccinated. And you visited Magnolia - practically my backyard! Also, you've piqued my curiosity about the new person in your family. Who, I wonder, can it be? Have a good week.
ReplyDeleteThis is the Magnolia of Waco fame, not the lovely small town near you.
DeleteHappy travels! Glad you are able to get out and about. I would love to visit magnolia even though it's not exactly my style. Did you buy anything?
ReplyDeleteI didn't buy a thing, though I was tempted in the stationery store.
DeleteI hope you have a good time.
ReplyDeleteWe had a great time.
DeleteIt must feel so good to know that you influenced someone to get vaccinated. And, let's hope, she'll tell others that it all went well so there is a ripple effect.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you're getting to visit family!
The little incident with our hairdresser reminded me that really we change things one person at a time.
DeleteSounds like you are have a great time visiting, both special and well deserved after hibernation. So happy you hairdresser too your comment to heart, it is such a touchy subject but WHY? We have been vaccinating people forever. Enjoy your visit with your son and curious about the new person?? Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteSadly, people are keeping up with what's happening in the world through highly politicized sources these days rather than relying on information that has been carefully sought out.
DeleteWow, lots of positives here. I am happy that you were able to visit with family and go to Magnolia. I am a huge fan of Chip and Joanna. I hope you have a great visit with your son and family and enjoy the new addition. Isn't it wonderful that you were able to convince your hair dresser to get the vaccine. One person at a time. Have a great week Deb.
ReplyDeleteMy sister met Joanna before she was Joanna, and she was impressed with what a genuine person she was.
DeleteI've always wanted to visit Magnolia. And I'm so glad you shared your experience with your hairdresser and she vaxxed up.
ReplyDeleteI was delighted that our hairdresser got her vaccine.
DeleteI'm glad you had a good visit with your family in Waco! And I hope you have a wonderful time with your son's family!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your hairstylist listened to real experience and got her vaccine. I need a haircut but it's so hard to know who's being cautious and who isn't when you don't know very many people in a town.
Enjoy your week!
You are right. It's tricky when you are a new person in town.
DeleteYour trip sounds wonderful! Have a great time with your son.
ReplyDeleteWe did! Thank you, Yvonne.
DeleteWe've been to Waco!!
ReplyDeleteWe had our first overnight outing this week. Although we have 74% of people fully vaccinated our numbers are climbing again, so discouraging.
Hopefully, with that percentage of folks vaccinated (and a big Wow! to that) the numbers will slowly drop and the deadliness of the virus will drop.
DeleteGlad you got to do so much, and sampling wines sounds fab!!!!it reminds me that I need to go to the apple orchard soon. Its a fall tradition and we are almost there.
ReplyDeleteI hope everyone takes a look at my nephew's beautiful wine shop.
DeleteYour trip sounds so fun, my husband and I are planning a short weekend trip to Waco this fall
ReplyDeleteI was surprised to see people from all over the world there.
DeleteYour Waco adventures sound fun and I look forward to hearing about Big Sandy! I don't know what Magnolia is, but I'm glad you got to see it. lol
ReplyDeleteDon't feel alone. I've heard a tiny bit about Magnolia from a magazine my friend gave me, and from my sister, but I really didn't know a lot about it until I went there.
DeleteYou had a great week. Thank you for keeping The Sunday Salon going. You are a treasure!!
ReplyDeleteLori, thank you so much!
DeleteWhat a fun vacation! So glad you had a great time. Love that your hairdresser got vaccinated after you talked to them! Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteThat made me so happy.
DeleteEnjoy your time with your son! Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
You are certainly not letting the grass grow under your feet! Enjoy your family visit!
ReplyDeleteWishing you a great reading week
It's tricky to travel and yet stay away from people.
Deleteglad you are enjoying your trip
ReplyDeletesherry @ fundinmental
Thank you, Sherry!
DeleteWell done on helping your hairdresser to decide to get vaccinated, that's amazing!
ReplyDeleteMaybe just by talking one-on-one to others...
DeleteAh, your trip to Waco sounds so lovely. I'll bet it was fun to visit Magnolia, but Fables sounds even more interesting!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your hairdresser is vaccinated! I wish we could convince everyone that it's safe and the right thing to do. Sigh.
Fables was marvelous. I'll share a photo next week.
DeleteSounds like you had an amazing time with your family! That's great!
ReplyDeleteIn regards to your Good Thing #3, thank YOU for being such a great and reliable host of The Sunday Salon! This is one post I look forward to every week :)
Thank you so much, Cheryl! I look forward to visiting all the blogs who link up every weekend.
DeleteI'm so glad you are able to spend time with your family! That time is so precious and nothing beats it. Looks like you got some reading done as well. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteYou are right. Time with family is precious.
DeleteI saw the post title and wondered if you had stopped at Magnolia!! Lol. And a wine shop, how cool!!
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear that your hairdresser got her vaccine.
It sounds like you are having some good times with family lately, that is awesome. :)
My nephew only buys natural wines, and that is very interesting to me.
DeleteYour two weekends sound wonderful!
ReplyDeleteIt's good to hear your hairdresser got the vaccine as well. It makes me sad that so many refuse.
Have a great week!
It's crazy that we have traveled two weekends in a row.
DeleteWhat fun times with your family! I will keep in mind The Wine Shoppe. One of my friends is coming to Texas next month and she is staying in Waco so hopefully I'll have a chance to go visit her and we can go have some wine. Hope you enjoy your week!
ReplyDeleteDavid has a nice outside area, too. Hopefully it will cool down by the time of the visit of your friend.
DeleteI need to reread Elizabeth and Her German Garden. It's been years since I read it. The trip to Waco sounds so fun - especially the visit to the bookstore. Enjoy your visit to your son and have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteElizabeth and Her German Garden is both a walk in a lush garden and a slightly snarky look at life.
DeleteWhat was it that you told your hairdresser? I want to know how to change someone's mind about it.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't realize she had not been vaccinated and we told her about our friends' unvaccinated family members who ended up in the hospital (two died). Then we said, "But you've been vaccinated, right?" And she said she hadn't. We got very quiet, and didn't say anything more.
DeleteFor me, it would be enough to think about my teacher friend who had to have a kidney transplant (her brother's) and takes medicine and is about to start back to teaching with a classroom of seven-year-olds in a district where masks are optional.
Sounds like a wonderful trip! And I hope this one is as nice! I love discovering new bookstores. :)
ReplyDeleteThat's awesome about your hairdresser. Little victories... :)
Br well this week!
I will post a photo of Fables next week. I will go back to that store.
DeleteYour trip sounded great fun and I hope your upcoming one is even more amazing. It looks like you had a good reading week too. So glad your story helped someone make the right decision to get vaccinated. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Louise.
DeleteWhat a great trip, and how great you are as an "influencer," regarding the vaccine. We need more people like you.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your week and your books!
I wish I knew exactly what made our hairdresser decide to get the vaccine. I'd repeat it to everyone.
DeleteMagnolia is a beautiful little place.
ReplyDeleteSounds like you had an excellent week. I used to watch Chip and Joanna until they moved to a new network which I don't have access to. I'm intrigued by Waco but doubt I'll ever get there. I don't think I've been even 25 miles from home since I retired. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteWe were doing a lot of traveling...before covid.
DeleteIt's because you are good thing in all our lives.... We appreciate you tremendously! Glad to hear you had a good week last week, I hope you will enjoy this week and your visit!!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were able to offset the heaviness of Gun of August with some children's books. I read your well-written review on Goodreads and learned a few words. Looking forward to your thoughts on the books you'll be reading this coming week!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the Sunday Salon. Yes, I'm over using the word "LOVE" LOL
ReplyDeleteI do enjoy it so much, though, and it keeps me posted on where you are on any Sunday.
Enjoy your trip. "See" you tonight at book club.