The Sunday Salon: I am Officially Happy

 

Welcome! I am very glad that you met up with 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. 

It was a busy October week for me. It was Banned Book Week, and lots of activities were held to remind people of the perils of banning books. Last weekend was busy with a tea on one day, and a trip to the Alley Theater in Houston to see The Da Vinci Code. Monday was my writing class. On Tuesday I had my last session of my Happiness Habits class. Our naturalist group's Fall Field Day was held at the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory on Wednesday. On Thursday, I enjoyed getting together for breakfast with one of my book groups to discuss Ron Rash's book, The Caretaker, and then I went to lunch later the same day to celebrate a friend's birthday. I began to participate in the citizen science project, the Texas Pollinator Bioblitz, on Friday, and I will post pictures of pollinators on iNaturalist until the event concludes on October 26. 

And now I'm headed up to East Texas where I often have spotty Internet, so bear with me while I attempt to visit your blogs away from home this next week.

What I Read Last Week:

How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell (Kids' Fantasy)

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson 

(Picture Book; Banned Books Week)

What I'm Reading Now:

Seraphina by Rachel Hartman (YA Fantasy)

Butterflies of Houston & Southeast Texas by John & Gloria Tveten (Nonfiction)

Banned Book Week challenges censorship and celebrates free expression here in the US. This year Banned Book Week is October 5-11. 

Here are the thoughts of naturalist/scientist/author Robin Wall Kimmerer about banned books:

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: My 200th Bird and a Real Letter

Satisfying Book Series

The 1619 Project: Born on the Water by Nikole Hannah-Jones and Renee Watson: Book Beginnings on Fridays, First Line Friday, The Friday 56, and Book Blogger Hop

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 went with my friend 

early in the week

to a fun tea party at her church

and reconnected with lots of my old friends.

Good Thing #2:

This week I learned that 

I won this monocular telescope

in the Gulf Coast Bird Observatory Bioblitz

last weekend.

Good Thing #3:

I finished my Happiness Habits class

sponsored by the nonprofit, Action for Happiness.

I am officially happy.

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.