Saturday, November 8, 2025

The Sunday Salon: A Week of Birthday Celebrations, and Now I'm Off to the Texas Book Festival

  




Welcome! I am glad 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 had a marvelous 69th birthday. Thank you for all the birthday greetings. I spent my actual birthday with the naturalist interns on a birding field trip, and it was perfect. We took a short cruise the night before up the San Bernard River with friends. The only one who forgot to wish me happy birthday this year was my dad, and he felt so guilty that he took me out to eat to celebrate! I even received some actual birthday cards (thank you, Tina!)

Thank you so much!






What I Read Last Week:










What I'm Reading Now:

Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Bluets by Maggic Nelson

The Common Good by Robert B. Reich









Week 1 of Nonfiction November 2025...What have you read this year? What did you enjoy the most?

Week 2 of Nonfiction November 2025...What are your favorite nonfiction topics? What might you read this month that would challenge you?







Something I'm thinking about...





What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:










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 am at the Texas Book Festival 
in Austin this weekend.
Yay!



Good Thing #2:

A Reddish Egret was very cooperative
and posed nicely
during the birding field trip.





Good Thing #3:

My son and d-i-l gave me
this Smart Lightbulb
for my birthday.
It's so much fun!



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.


6 comments:

  1. Great to hear that you had a fun birthday. If I didn’t say so before, I wish you many happy returns of the day. And I hope your trip will be delightful.
    best… mae

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  2. Dear Deb, I am so glad you had an enjoyable birthday 🎂
    I hope you have a wonderful 💛 and safe trip 💗

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  3. What wonderful birthday events! Have fun at the Austin Book Festival. I think I already have The Story of a Heart on my TBR list, but I’m adding Nine Black Robes. The smart light bulb looks like a lot of fun.

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  4. A birthday spent birding is as good as it gets. Happy belated birthday, too.

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  5. I’m glad you had a wonderful birthday doing the things you love. Safe travels!

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  6. It sounds like the perfect birthday for you! I'm glad it was a good week. Your poor dad must have felt awful! But ice cream is a great payback!

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