June 28, 2009
9:45 AM
It is due to be a scorching day in Northern California. My sister and her daughter are here visiting – they flew into San Francisco and I drove down to spend a couple of days with them there, then we drove back up here last night. Today we are taking it easy [...]
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Sunday Salon – June 28, 2009
Sunday Salon – June 21, 2009
June 21, 2009
Good morning, fellow readers and Happy Father’s Day to those dads out there who may be reading my blog today. This weekend has been a busy one for me. I worked most of the day on Friday and then began working on Natasha’s fantastic challenge: Bloggiesta. You can see what I’ve been doing [...]
Sunday Salon – June 14, 2009
June 14, 2009
Good morning, fellow readers! Today is a beautiful spring day in Northern California – the birds are singing, the sky is a brilliant blue and my porch is calling to me. I’ll be finding a comfortable chair where I can breathe in the the fresh air and settle down with my latest read [...]
Sunday Salon – June 7, 2009
June 7, 2009
What a difference a week makes. We have gone from triple digit weather, to rainy and cold days almost over night. We’ve had buckets of rain, thunder and lightening, and temperatures dipping into the low 60s over the last few days. I’m not complaining – this kind of weather is perfect for reading.
Since [...]
Sunday Salon – May 31, 2009
May 31, 2009
Good morning, fellow readers. Summer has really arrived here in Northern California with triple digits and bright blue skies. It makes me want to break out the books for summertime reading.
Since last Sunday, I’ve managed to slog through Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (read my review). It was a lot of work, and [...]
Sunday Salon – May 24, 2009
May 24, 2009
I have missed the last two Sunday Salons as I have been out of town visiting friends and family on the east coast. My travels took me to The Berkshires where I was thrilled to spend time with my bookish friends from Library Thing (including well-known bloggers Laura and Terri) and some of [...]
Sunday Salon – April 26, 2009
April 26, 2009
9:30 AM
I hope this finds all of you enjoying your Sunday. We have had a mix of very hot days, broken up by cooler days here in Northern California – but today looks to be in the mid-70s and gorgeous in the mountains where we live. I hope to park myself on the [...]
Sunday Salon – April 19, 2009
April 19, 2009
8:45 AM
Today promises to be a gorgeous and hot day in Northern California. Already the sun is shining warm through the pines and I have flung open the windows to let in the delicious smell of Spring.
This weekend was Dewey’s 24 Hour Read-A-Thon, and from what I could see it was a huge [...]
Sunday Salon – April 12, 2009
April 12, 2009
Good morning to all of you! I hope you had a wonderful week and for those of you who celebrate Easter, I hope you are having a joyous celebration.
(click on photo to enlarge) Raven Update: She is growing by leaps and bounds (I just changed her food to one for large breed [...]
Sunday Salon – April 5, 2009
April 5, 2009
7:00AM
Good morning, fellow readers! I have been a bit more successful with my reading of late now that I have Raven on somewhat of a schedule. She now only gets up at night twice, giving me and Kip a good four hour chunk of sleep time between “potty” runs. She is getting used [...]
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