Comments on: Sunday Salon – May 18, 2008

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:33:29 +0000

Danica: Thanks for stopping in! Chico is a great town…I don’t get there too often these days because of gas prices and it is a bit of a drive I love shopping the antique stores there! Thanks for the good wishes on our anniversary! By the way, I subscribe to your blog – I used to work with children who had suffered abuse (before I became a Physical Therapist) and so abuse is a topic which I believe must always be talked about – I think you would find The Zookeeper’s Wife interesting from that point of view as well.

By: Danica

Danica — Wed, 21 May 2008 22:19:12 +0000

Hooray for NorCal! I grew up in Davis and spent my first college summer in Chico, sitting on the floor of an apartment playing around on AOL with sweat just running down my body… it was pretty excellent. Now I live in Oakland and am very petulant that it doesn’t stay hot for any length of time, even though I am happy that it also never stays rainy or cloudy for very long. I miss the heat!!

I can’t wait to go back to Mendocino… my girlfriend and I spent a weekend there, visiting her grandparents, at the end of March (I think) and it brought home to me that it is time to propose to her. I guess it’s a very romantic place Happy anniversary!!

I am dying to read The Zookeeper’s Wife now… it sounds right up my alley and very much in line with the kind of stuff I write about. Abuse (from the personal to the political) and its effects and how people find recovery and joy despite it – retaining that humanity and hope. I’ve also had my eye on “Laughing Without an Accent” for a while, so I’m glad to get that little extra push toward actually reading it!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Tue, 20 May 2008 04:32:03 +0000

Michelle: Thanks!

Myrthe: Thank you! I really liked Chekhov’s The Kiss – I’ll blog about it soon

Mrs. S.: So glad you follow my blog regularly…thank you! I’m loving Nineteen Minutes!

Suzi: WOW…small world is right! It was the perfect get-away weekend.

By: SuziQoregon

SuziQoregon — Tue, 20 May 2008 03:56:18 +0000

Small world moment. We stayed at John Dougherty House a couple years ago on vacation. What a lovely place for an Anniversar getaway.

By: Mrs S | 50 Book Challenge

Mrs S | 50 Book Challenge — Mon, 19 May 2008 07:24:41 +0000

I read your *normal* posts too through google R! I’m glad to hear you had such a great trip – Happy Anniversary!

I really enjoyed Nineteen Minutes – I like the way Picoult’s books always make you think.

By: Myrthe

Myrthe — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:00:12 +0000

Congratulations on you wedding anniversary, Wendy!
I am still on the fence about whether or not to read The Zookeeper’s Wife. It’s been begging me to pick it up at my local bookstore for a while now.

Chekhov’s short stories are wonderful, I think. I haven’t read any for a while, but I did enjoy them very much when I read some a couple of years ago. I guess I should take them up again!

By: 3m

3m — Mon, 19 May 2008 04:21:31 +0000

Happy Anniversary!!

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:33:41 +0000

Les: *laughing* I hate when it creeps up near 120. My first few summers here I started complaining when it reached a mere 100 degrees. Now I think it feels “comfortable” as long as it doesn’t get over 110

Alisia: Thank you! I thought your post was great!!! And now, knowing that your little one was helping, I am even more impressed

By: Alisia

Alisia — Mon, 19 May 2008 00:04:43 +0000

Welcome back to the Salon! This was my first Salon post in a few weeks as well, and it didn’t turn out to be a very good one…as soon as I started writing it Maya turned into miss grumpy-pants, so my attention was constantly diverted.

Happy Anniversary!

By: Les in NE

Les in NE — Sun, 18 May 2008 21:50:20 +0000

I remember those triple digit summers. 118 stands out in my memory. Instant headache weather!