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.
What I Read Last Week (Links are to my reviews):
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
How We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith by Mariann Edgar Budde
Memorial Days by Geraldine Brooks
What I'm Reading Now:
Roots by Alex Haley (Chapter-a-Day)
I Am a Cat by
What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:
The Sunday Salon: A Three-Book Week
My Favorite Kids' Books Set in Another Time and Place (But Don't Let That Put You Off Reading These)
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:
Mindful March 2025
Good Thing #2:
I had so much fun at my friend Cindy's
75th birthday party in Galveston
last weekend.
Good Thing #3:
Spring is coming here.
Wild violet and a Monarch in my yard.
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ReplyDeleteI love your violets, and I’m glad you do Sunday Salon.
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ReplyDeleteI love to see signs of spring and your photos are showing this. I have crocuses blooming in my garden now and it’s warming my heart during this trying times. Have a wonderful weekend!
ReplyDeleteI like Geraldine Brooks. So nice that you were able to visit a friend for a party. That looks really fun! No Discus! You're the second person I know who has bagged it.
ReplyDeleteI love the photo of the violet. Mine are not blooming yet, but my violas are.
ReplyDeleteSpring is definitely on the horizon here as attested by your sweet little violet. I think I will take up your "three good things" habit. I need to be able to focus on something other than the disheartening, depressing, discouraging news emanating every day from Washington/Mar-a-Lago.
ReplyDeleteYay for signs of spring. We were in the low 50s yesterday and today it has been flurrying off and on! So funny. Have a great weekend!
ReplyDeleteI love butterflies, so pretty.
ReplyDeleteI use a mental health app called Finch and one thing I do every morning is list something I'm grateful for and it has helped so much. I may have to up it to 3 things! I'm loving seeing signs of spring - though not looking forward to pollen season! Have a great week.
ReplyDeleteI look forward to finally get a few signs of spring here, I am just waiting patiently ( kind of ) for planting season!
ReplyDeleteI think it will be a while before we get violets and butterflies, but I did enjoy the warmer weather this week.
ReplyDeleteYou always share such amazing books. I wish your friend many happy returns of her birthday.
ReplyDeleteSpring was definitely here last week. Mid-80s. I had to fire up the box fan. Glad to see the cooler temps return today. Not ready to wear summer jammies yet. lol
ReplyDeleteGlad you had a good time celebrating your friend's birthday.
I hope you enjoy your books. You have some good titles there. I've been hearing about I Am A Cat. I'll have to check it out. Have a great week!
ReplyDeleteI can’t wait for Spring!!!!! Have a wonderful week!!
ReplyDeleteThe wild violets and monarch butterfly are gorgeous! We've been seeing signs of spring here in Northern California as well. It's early for us, but so pretty!
ReplyDeleteIt is getting a bit much! I love your photos and glad that you had a lovely time Cindy's party. We have World Book Day on 6 March to look forward to!
ReplyDeleteHave a good week!
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Nice to see spring in your yard! It's very exciting to us in the north that spring is on the way. It seems you had a good reading week ... the Brooks book looks sad but I will likely read it at some point.
ReplyDeleteHow We Learn to Be Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith sounds like a good book. I really like the idea of Mindfulness March! It’s the perfect reason to pull out my knitting. The birthday party looks fun.
ReplyDeleteI can't wait for spring, i'm sick of winter. My crocuses got confused and came a little early but then the rabbits ate them so we couldnt even enjoy them before the next cold snap moved in. they also ate a mini rose bush, the little devils.
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Thanks for the link about our pale blue dot!
ReplyDeleteI'll know spring is coming in Massachusetts when my bedroom is warm enough to put away the electric blanket - but I am not holding my breath! I will enjoy yours vicariously, however.
ReplyDeleteYay for Spring!
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful week
The birthday pic looks like everyone had good fun! Hope you have a good week.
ReplyDeleteIt's so cool that you already have monarchs. We still have snow. I hope you have a good week!
ReplyDeleteI'm so thankful for good reading. Books are my good thing everyday! Your lists are always so enticing, I definitely have to read The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store.
ReplyDeleteHappy March! I am going to try your mindfulness chart - sounds like a wonderful idea. We have tiny shoots of tulip stalks poking out of the dirt. Spring with be a-springing, soon.
ReplyDeleteThat birthday party looks amazing! it's exciting to have spring coming here in our area with all our cold. It will be much welcome this year.
ReplyDeleteI'm late this weekend! I needed your three good things, love the photos.
ReplyDeleteYour three good things all make me happy. Hooray for spring!
ReplyDeleteLove in a Cold Climate is good - their real life is so much more crazier than anything in the books. Their father used to 'hunt' them - literally chase them around with a gun for a fun game. So bananas.
ReplyDeleteI am looking forward to reading The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store. I have a print copy on my TBR, but considered listening to the audio from my library--then remembered it will be a book club read later in the year, so will try to wait closer to then to read it. I am glad you had a good time at your friend's birthday celebration. And what a beautiful butterfly! We have a busy week ahead. Mouse has two band concerts and a voice lesson and there's work, of course. I hope you have a good week and take care!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see the monarchs again this year! Sadly we didn't have as many last year. I do need to replant my milkweed though; it got all messed up during the ramp build.
ReplyDeletePopping over to see your review of How to Be Brave. I am waiting very patiently for it to come in at the library for me.
Sounds like a nice week. The birthday party looks like fun. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing such important and diverse books! What a fun gathering to celebrate Cindy, who, evidenced by this photo, is a very special lady indeed!
ReplyDeleteI am so looking forward to spring. The sun is shining and I can hardly wait to catch a few rays of Vitamin D.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of Mindful March.
ReplyDeleteYippee for parties, mindfulness, and spring. The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store sounds good. Enjoy your week, Deb!
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How We Learn to Be Brave I clicked on to see what it was about and was delighted to read your review. I so admire her. She sure is gentle and brave in a very gracious way. I will see if I can get the book.
ReplyDeleteI think we're all excited for spring this year. While I dislike the time change, I'll be happy with the longer days. Sweet little violet. I'm seeing daffodils around my neighborhood and it won't be too long before the whales return from Baja. I still want to read Geraldine Brooks' Horse, but I love memoirs and will probably get to Memorial Days later this year. Maybe for nonfiction November. Take good care, Deb.
ReplyDeleteLove Nancy Mitford, and have just bought the geraldine brooks.
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ReplyDeleteThe violet and butterfly are a welcome sign of spring! Happy reading!