What is the Sunday Salon?
The Sunday Salon is a place to link up and share what we have been doing during the week. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there.
I hardly had an hour of free time last week; I was either on-the-go or deep into a good book.
On-the-go: A last get-together of my writing group before one of our members left for her new life in Italy...an outing to the Galveston Symphony...a holiday lunch with my Houston book friends...a little family gathering for my dad's 98th birthday...breakfasted with a new face-to-face book club...joined a cycling class at the rec center...naturalist club meeting featuring a snake expert...
Books: Hiroshima Diary is a chronicle of a Japanese doctor after the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. I felt like I was right there with the doctor as he puzzled over the results of the bombing on his neighbors, family, friends, and fellow members of the Hiroshima community, and as he tried to treat both the initial burns and injuries they suffered as well as the radiation poisoning that developed over time. It was horrifying to read this account, but it also feels like something that needs to be widely read.
My friend who was moving to Italy left her copy of a much-loved book, Mary Oliver's Blue Horses, with me when she left, and I felt compelled to read it. Blue Horses is beautiful and wise, just like all of Mary Oliver's work, and I bought a copy of a collection of Oliver's best poetry, Devotions, when I visited a new bookstore in Galveston this week.
I've been befuddled since the election here in America, and I've been searching for ways to move forward in a world that feels intolerant and poorly informed. I latched eagerly onto One Bird, One Stone and Anam Cara, and both were deeply satisfying reads. I'm a poor reviewer, but if you are looking for wisdom that transcends the moment we are in, I encourage you to look for these. And if you have other recommendations for my wounded spirit, I'd love to hear them.
What I Read Last Week:
Blue Horses: Poetry by Mary Oliver
Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician by Michihiko Hachiya
Anam Cara: A Book of Celtic Wisdom by John O'Donohue
What I'm Reading Now:
Roots by Alex Haley (Chapter-a-Day)
A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold (Naturalist Book Club)
Devotions by Mary Oliver (Poetry)
The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride (Face-to-Face Book Club)
The Thurber Carnival by James Thurber (Classics Club)
What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:
The Sunday Salon: A Tornado Hits
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 visited a new bookstore
in Galveston.
Good Thing #2:
I had such a great time at the
Galveston Symphony Ba-Roque and Roll Concert
held at the1894 Opera House.
Good Thing #3:
My dad at 98!
Weekend linkup spots are listed below. Click on the picture to visit the site.
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