Saturday, August 9, 2025

The Sunday Salon: East Texas Bound

  




Welcome! I am delighted that 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. It's also a great opportunity to visit other blogs and join in the conversations going on there. 







I'm off to East Texas to spend a few days with
grandchildren Annie, 9, and Wyatt, 6, 
before they start back to school.




What I Read Last Week:

The Love of My After Life by Kirsty Greenwood




What I'm Reading Now:

Mark Twain by Ron Chernow

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 I saw recently:




Good Thing #1:


Good Thing #2:


Good Thing #3:






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

        

I hope you will join the linkup for Sunday Salon below.


35 comments:

  1. I'm curious to read your review of the Mark Twain book by Chernow! ~Carol @ ReadingLadies

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  2. Aw, hope you have fun with the grandkids! Bet that'll be lovely.

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  3. Enjoy East Texas and the family!

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  4. Safe travels! Have a wonderful time with your family in East Texas.

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  5. I was able to see my granddaughter for a few days this summer before school starts. She is headed back to Nebraska now. Great post for the French books and it gave me ideas

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  6. Have fun with your grandkids!!

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  7. Your grandkids are so cute! I hope you have a great time.

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  8. Love Good Thing #1. I'm a big fan of Mary Engelbreit and she's only been getting better recently. She's a fellow St. Louisan!

    Enjoy your time with the grandkids!

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  9. Have a great time with those lovely grandchildren. Love your "Good Things." Especially #3.

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  10. Enjoy your visit and the Mark Twain book. He was pretty amazing.

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  11. I hope you have a great time with your grandchildren. Have a great week!

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  12. I hope you have a blast with your grands!!

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  13. I bet the Mark Twain book is interesting. I especially love Good Thing #1. Have fun with the grandkids!

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  14. Have a great trip! We just got back from NY! I cannot wait to read the Mark Twain book. I'm reading the 9th Outlander book in anticipation of the upcoming season - also a doorstop!

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  15. Enjoy your visit!

    Have a lovely weekend!

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  16. I hope you have a great time with your grandkids!

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  17. You and the grands look so happy in the picture :) I'm sure you're all having a great time!

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  18. The kids are so cute, enjoy your visit with them! The Twain book just came in for me at the library ... but how much of the large book will I get to read before it's due? Hmm. Enjoy.

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  19. Have a wonderful time with those darling children. It's hard to believe how quickly they grow up, isn't it?

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  20. I enjoyed The Love of My After Life. Hope you have fun with the grandkids!

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  21. Your grandchildren look so happy to be with you! How nice to visit them before they start school! I love your post about building a longer table! So true. Your good thing number 2 touched me deeply. I hope we learn to live by those words.

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  22. I love that you are going to see your beautiful grandchildren! I love that you posted for Paris in July! And, I love that you are reading a book on Mark Twain.

    Our book club chose James by Percival Everett, which I could not abide. One of the reasons,
    despite the fact that it won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, is that I think it is awfully presumptuous to “reimagine” someone else’s idea and expound on it as your own. That is what Gwendolyn Brooks did with March, too, which also won the Pulitzer. So, you can see why I am not on that judging panel. However, I will point out that my book club loved it, so clearly I am in the minority. xo

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  23. I always enjoy your three good things.

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  24. How are you enjoying the Twain biography? My husband got it for his birthday (he loves Chernow's books), but hasn't started it yet as far as I know.

    Have a lovely time with your grandchildren!

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    1. It is a huge book, and Mark Twain is a mercurial fellow, alternately loving and quickly hating people, places, and things. He saw the world in a completely fresh way, like a kid.

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  25. That picture of you and the grandkids is so cute.

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  26. Enjoy your time away, Deb! Love that photo of all of you. I almost bought that Twain book the other day. Thanks for the great quotes.

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  27. Have fun with the grandkids! Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  28. What a beautiful photo of you and your grandchildren.

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  29. Oh I love the sentiment so much about building longer tables instead of taller fences! Also, that's such a beautiful picture of you and your grandchildren. All the happy smiling faces!

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