The Sunday Salon: Tommy Orange, a Piping Plover, and a New Little Free Library

     

Welcome! I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week plus it's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

I just finished one book this week, but it was a very good one. Sapiens: A Graphic Novel is Yuval Noah Harari's explanation of the evolution of man. A friend recommended Sapiens to me, but all the copies of the actual book were checked out at my public library, so I had to resort to checking out the graphic novel version instead. I'm actually glad it worked out this way. I'm not a science-y person, and the concepts of the science explained in this book are so much clearer in this format, I think.

What I Read Last Week:

Sapiens: A Graphic History: The Birth of Humankind: Volume 1 by Yuval Noah Harari

What I'm Reading Now:

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle (Kids' Book)

The Time Garden by Edward Eager (Kids' Book)

The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum (Ozathon)

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: I Reflect Upon How to Hug a Porcupine

TV Shows That Would Have Made Amazing Books

My friends and I attended the Inprint Reading Series with Tommy Orange on Monday night. Orange's new book is Wandering Stars and I came home with a signed copy of the book, included in my Inprint membership.

We are off to New Ulm in Central Texas for a family get together this weekend.

I went on the last birding outing in Galveston for OLLI this week. We birded at Galveston Island State Park. 

I'm happy with my challenge progress. 

I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. Now I've established a regular routine of writing down my 3 Good Things. Here are 3 Good Things from last week:

Good Thing #1:

I saw five new-to-me birds at 

Galveston Island State Park,

including this Piping Plover.

Good Thing #2:

I've done Duolingo French

every day for 300 days.

Good Thing #3:

My new Little Free Library

is up!

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TV Shows That Would Have Made Amazing Books

I am not a fan (in general) of movies/tv shows made from books. (The books are always better.)

I am not a fan (in general) of books made from movies/tv shows. (The books suffer.)

Nevertheless, I am baffled as to why some tv shows, why some movies are amazing despite the very true fact that they were not made from books. How can that be?

Here are a few of my favorite tv shows that I think would also have made an excellent book:

Northern Exposure

Gilmore Girls

Seinfeld

Friends

Downton Abbey

Lost

The Andy Griffith Show

Mister Rogers

The Good Place

The Twilight Zone

What do you think? 

Is this just nostalgia talking?

Do any of these speak to you as a reader?

Thank you,  Sabrina @ Notes From a Paper Plane Nomad!

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information. 

The Sunday Salon: I Reflect Upon How to Hug a Porcupine

     

Welcome! I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. 

What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week plus it's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

How do you deal with difficult people? I spent this week reflecting on How to Hug a Porcupine and its 101 ideas for ways to deal with difficult people.

Do you have any strategies? I welcome all thoughts.

What I Read Last Week:

Wellness by Nathan Hill (Novel)

How to Hug a Porcupine: 101 Ways to Love the Most Difficult People in Your Life (Happiness)

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Kids' Book)

Frank Herbert's Dune: The Graphic Novel: Book 1 (Science Fiction)

What I'm Reading Now:

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle (Kids' Book)

Sapiens: The Book of Humankind: A Graphic Novel by Yuval Noah Harari (Nonfiction)

The Time Garden by Edward Eager (Kids' Book)

The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum (Ozathon)

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: I Get a Late Start on Middle-Grade March

Books on my Spring 2024 TBR

Off to Go Antiquing in Warrenton, Texas

I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. 

Here are 3 Good Things from last week:

Good Thing #1:

Two library book sales in one week!

Good Thing #2:

My husband ran across a piece of what he thought was amethyst

in his work as a faceter. 

He was surprised to find the piece is

amethyst mixed with smokey quartz mixed with clear quartz.

I am eager to see what he will make with this.

Good Thing #3:

When my grandparents moved from Pennsylvania to Texas in the 1940s,

the first thing they bought was this cowboy-themed couch and chairs

for their breezeway. 

It was a delight to see it again at the antique show.

Weekend linkup spots are listed below. Click on the picture to visit the site.

        

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Off to Go Antiquing in Warrenton, Texas

It's antiquing time in Central Texas and we are off to visit the show at Warrenton...

Getting there can be a challenge...

But the antique show has so many beautiful things...

It took us ten years of visiting the antique shows in Warrenton to finally buy this table and two chairs...

Of course I'm always on the lookout for books...

And hopefully we can get another photo in the amazing wildflowers...

For more photos, link up at Wordless Wednesday, Comedy Plus, Messymimi's Meanderings, Keith's Ramblings, Create With Joy, Wild Bird Wednesday, and My Corner of the World.

Books on my Spring 2024 TBR

Novels:

Mastering the Art of French Murder by Colleen Cambridge

Parasol Against the Axe by Helen Oyeyemi

The Great Unexpected by Dan Moore

Help Wanted by Adelle Waldman

Frank Herbert's Dune: A Graphic Novel

Classics:

Sanditon by Jane Austen

The Glass Bead Game by Herman Hesse

Steppenwolf by Herman Hesse

Creativity:

1000 Words: A Writer's Guide to Staying Creative, Focused, and Productive All Year Round by Jami Attenberg

Save the Cat Writes a Novel by Jessica Brody

The Great Book of Journaling

Ozathon:

The Road to Oz by L. Frank Baum

The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Nonfiction:

What It's Like to Be a Bird by David Allen Sibley

The Secret Lives of Booksellers and Librarians by James Patterson

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

Somehow by Anne Lamott

Sapiens: The Birth of Humankind: A Graphic Novel by Yuval Noah Harari

Mind Over Batter: 75 Recipes for Baking as Therapy

Kids' Books:

A Wind in the Door by Madeleine L'Engle

The Time Garden by Edward Eager

Strange Objects by Gary Crew (1001 Children's Books)

Quirky Tales by Paul Jennings (1001 Children's Books)

Crisis on Conshelf Ten by Monica Hughes (1001 Children's Books)

The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers (2024 Newbery)

Are any of these on your list?

What are you reading that I might like?

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information. 

The Sunday Salon: I Get a Late Start on Middle-Grade March

     

Welcome! I'm happy you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. What is the Sunday Salon? The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week plus it's a great way to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 

I finished three books last week. It's probably just because Garrison Keillor is old like me, but I really enjoyed his memoir, Cheerfulness. Whatcha Mean, What's a Zine? told me everything I needed to know about how to make a zine. I am thinking about making one about butterflies for our naturalist group advanced training day. It was suggested that I might like to read Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell by a blogging friend who saw I'd just finished training to rescue sea turtles. It was the ideal time to read this new book by Sy Montgomery.

What I Read Last Week:

Cheerfulness by Garrison Keillor 

Whatcha Mean What's a Zine? The Art of Making Zines and Mini-Comics 

by Mark Todd and Esther Pearl Watson

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell 

by Sy Montgomery

What I'm Reading Now:

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster (Children's Fantasy)

Wellness by Nathan Hill (Novel)

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: A Week in Which I (Finally!) Complete the Sea Turtle Beach Patrol Training and I Become a Junior Ranger

Books I’m Worried I Might Not Love as Much the Second Time Around

The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster:  Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop

I learned about Middle Grade March this week from Lisa at Boondock Ramblings. I realize it's the middle of the month, but that feels appropriate somehow, and since I seem to be reading a lot of middle grade books anyway lately, I decided to join in. 

This year's prompts:

Read a debut novel...The Eyes and the Impossible by Dave Eggers
Read a book about an immigration or refugee story...The Other Side of the River by Alda P. Dobbs
Read a book with a one word title...Ferris by Kate DiCamillo
Read a book with an animal on the cover...A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Read a book that you feel like you missed out on...The Phantom Tollbooth

I began to list 3 Good Things every day during the pandemic. 

Here are 3 Good Things from last week.

Good Thing #1:

I'm taking a birding field trip every week

in March. So far, we have visited six different

excellent birding sites on Galveston Island.

Good Thing #2:

I saw my first White-tailed Kite.

Good Thing #3:

These Forster's Terns look concerned;

surely the sign does not apply to them? 

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