Saturday, May 9, 2026

The Sunday Salon: Reading Nonfiction




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We went to Dallas last week and spent time with our granddaughter, Bailey, and our great-granddaughter, Lucy. We went to the Perot Museum and did yoga and ate ice cream and went to the park. Happy days!






What I Read Last Week:

Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance by Richard Powers (Fiction)




What I'm Reading Now:

The Book of Birds: A Field Guide to Wonder and Loss by Robert Macfarlane (Nonfiction)

What an Owl Knows: The New Science of the World's Most Enigmatic Birds 
by Jennifer Ackerman (Nonfiction)

The Ride of Her Life: The True Story of a Woman, Her Horse, and Their Last-Chance Journey Across America by Elizabeth Letts (Nonfiction)

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:

Harvest from our garden


Good Thing #2:

Glass art I brought to Bailey as a housewarming gift


Good Thing #3:

We enjoy dinosaurs at the museum with Lucy.




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37 comments:

  1. There’s no such thing as too many dinosaurs! We enjoyed the ones in London without help from any children. Have a good week.

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  2. If Lucy is going to museums at her young age she is getting a great upbringing. Hooray for the caring adults in her life, too.

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  3. Oh wow, that is a great bounty from your garden. We have just planted a few things last weekend, and HOPEFULLY we will not have any more over night freezes. Sounds like a good week with family and being in the garden. Have a great weekend!

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  4. Your trip sounds fun. I like that piece of glass art.

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  5. Glad you guys had a good trip to see family, Deb! Those veggies look very yummy! Have a good week!

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  6. That's an impressive harvest. No vegetable garden for me this year and how I miss it! It's wonderful that you were able to visit and enjoy the museum with your great-grand.

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  7. Our veggies are just now getting warm sun and it will be a while before we get to pick anything!

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  8. Sounds like you had a great trip to Dallas. What fun! Hope you have a great week!

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  9. What a lovely harvest, Deb! It sounds like you enjoyed your trip to Dallas! Thank you so much for sharing, dear friend.

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  10. What a fun photo from the museum. Dinosaurs are cool!

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  11. I'm so impressed with your garden harvest! It was snowing here up until recently, so have just started getting out into the garden. Happy weekend!

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  12. That's an elegant glass art. And wow, those harvest! I'm looking forward to starting my own garden soon. Any advice?

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  13. Sounds like a wonderful week! I love all of your 3 good things. Have a great week! :)

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  14. You have so many fun adventures with your grands, it always makes me smile.

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  15. What an abundant harvest you're already bringing in! Microclimates and what they can produce will never cease to amaze me!
    I'm so glad you got to spend some time with your family! Lucy looks like she might love dinos as much as I do ;-)
    Hope you're enjoying a wonderful weekend!

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  16. There is nothing quite like homegrown veggies. I can just taste those cucumbers!

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  17. Those veggies look GOOD and I was just chatting about green bell peppers with my friend, Bonnye in Arkansas. She was saying how expensive they are and how hard to find a dark green one, like yours. She and her daughter do container gardens every year but I think their stuff is ready to pick later than yours is.

    Lucy is too cute!!!

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  18. You already have veggies! Mine are still a while off. Looks like a fun trip to the dinosaur museum! Have a wonderful week, and happy Mother's Day!

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  19. Sounds like you had another fun week!!! That glass art piece is beautiful! Hope you have another wonderful week!

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  20. Your garden harvest looks amazing! I love it. The owl book looks super interesting. We have a family of owls in our neighborhood.

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  21. Im glad to hear you had a wonderful time in Dallas

    Thanks for sharing your week!

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  22. Retirement with grand (and great grand) children sounds just lovely! And the harvest from your garden looks delicious. Have a great week.

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  23. That dinosaur museum looks fun!! I hope you have a great week!

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  24. The Ride of Her Life sounds wonderful! I'll be looking for it. You had so much fun with your grandbaby! The glass art house warming gift will be appreciated, I'm sure. Isn't it lovely how the light hits it? Take good care!

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  25. I loved dinosaurs as a kid... and still, ahaha. Looks like you were all having a good time!

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  26. Wow, your garden harvest is wonderful! I am about to transplant some of my seed snail tomatoes and peppers this week. I'm afraid I have too many to transplant . They all did great! Nice that you were able to spend time with your grandbaby too! Have a great week!

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  27. I always enjoy your posts. Have a great week.

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  28. What a funny photo of you and your granddaughter with the dinosaur. Happy Mother's Day.

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  29. Your fresh veggies look so tasty! And dinosaurs. What fun! I see you are still nonfiction. I added in a fiction book this week, then went back to mostly reading my nonfiction books.

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  30. Sounds like a fun trip. Maybe our trees will leaf out soon. Most are still winter bare. Come see my week here. Happy reading!

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  31. Nice that you got to spend time with your grand and great grand.. that last photo is adorable. What a wonderful bounty your garden produced.

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  32. I love the title for the "Three Farmers . . . Dance" book! And what a harvest! Well done -- that'll be tasty!

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