The Sunday Salon: Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, Early Voting, The Great Backyard Bird Count, and More

 

I am delighted that you joined us here at the Sunday Salon. Welcome! 

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. 

Valentine's Day. Mardi Gras. Early voting. Beginning of Lent. The Great Backyard Bird Count. Naturalist club meeting. Two book club meetings. Putting in our spring garden.

A busy week at home.

What I Read Last Week:

Native Nations: A Millenium in North America by Kathleen DuVal (History)

The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes (Poetry; Classics Club Spin; Black History Month)

This Book Made Me Think of You by Libby Page (Fiction)

Vigil by George Saunders (Fiction)

Profiles in Ignorance: How American's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz (Nonfiction)

What I'm Reading Now:

The Brothers Karamozov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (Classic)

Caraval by Stephanie Garber (Fantasy)

Listening to Your Life: Daily Meditations by Frederick Buechner (Spirituality)

What I Posted Last Week Here at Readerbuzz:

The Sunday Salon: Happy Valentine's Day!

Books for Armchair Travelers

Profiles in Ignorance: How America's Politicians Got Dumb and Dumber by Andy Borowitz: 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 voted.

Good Thing #2:

I cooked for Valentine's Day.

Manicotti and Italian Wedding Soup.

Good Thing #3:

I spent hours watching birds

last week during the Great Backyard Bird Count.

I saw or heard 56 species in my backyard

over the four-day event, including 

this Cooper's Hawk, who wildly flew at

some of the small birds around my feeders,

missing them all.

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.

Bookish Discoveries I Made in 2025

 

1. History can be fascinating.

2. There are so many good science books.

3. In difficult times, it can help to read about heroic people.

4. In difficult times, it can help to learn more about bad political systems.

5. In difficult times, it helps to think about what's good for all.

6. In difficult times, it can help to read about the problems. 

7. In difficult times, it can help to read some philosophy.

6. Hurray for poetry!

8. Why did I wait so long to read this?

9. I like small gentle stories sometimes.

10. Nature stories can be comforting.

10. Sometimes classics are classics for a reason.

11. I want to read more science fiction and fantasy.

Top Ten Tuesday was created by The Broke and the Bookish in June of 2010 and was moved to That Artsy Reader Girl in January of 2018. It was born of a love of lists, a love of books, and a desire to bring bookish friends together. Each Tuesday That Artsy Reader Girl assigns a topic and then post her top ten list that fits that topic. You’re more than welcome to join her and create your own top ten (or 2, 5, 20, etc.) list as well. Feel free to put a unique spin on the topic to make it work for you! Please link back to That Artsy Reader Girl in your own post so that others know where to find more information.