Posts under ‘Sunday Salon’

November 13, 2011 Good morning and welcome to this week’s edition of The Sunday Salon. Check out the Facebook page for more links to bloggers’ posts. The week has flown by and I got in some good reading despite a busy work week and my Nanowrimo efforts. I finished reading The Kitchen House by Kathleen [...]

November 6, 2011 Good morning, faithful readers! Did you remember to set your clocks back this morning? I must admit, I like that I slept until 9:00 am this morning, but it was like I got up at 8:00 am. We got our first snow last night – about 2 inches of the white stuff. [...]

October 30, 2011 Is it really the end of October? Wow, this month flew by and I have missed two Salons in a row. My sister was here from New Hampshire and we had a wonderful visit which included a whirlwind of visits to various quilt shops in Northern California and Southern Oregon…and together we [...]

October 2, 2011 I am really late writing this post today. I have had quite a week, actually, and not in a good way. Wednesday, as I was sitting out on my deck reading a book, I was stung (actually bitten) by a meat bee. It was a nasty bite which left a hole in [...]

September 25, 2011 9:00 AM September is flying by – the days are getting shorter and the ground is littered with tree debris and leaves. This morning the air is cold and damp and smells like rain. Perfect reading weather. Last week I mentioned that I was reading Charlotte Bacon’s latest novel: The Twisted Thread. [...]

September 18, 2011 Good morning and welcome to The Sunday Salon where bloggers are invited to read and talk about books : Every Sunday the bloggers participating in that week’s Salon get together–at their separate desks, in their own particular time zones–and read. And blog about their reading. And comment on one another’s blogs. Think [...]

September 11, 2011 Good morning and welcome to this week’s edition of The Sunday Salon. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of 9-11, and it is difficult to wake up and not think about that day. I had  moved to Shasta County only one week before and was with Caribou at the [...]

September 4, 2011 9:00 AM Good morning and welcome to this week’s edition of The Sunday Salon. I hope that for those of you celebrating the Labor Day holiday weekend, you are finding time to relax with a good book. I have been stitching like crazy – finishing two quilt tops and backs – this [...]

August 28, 2011 Good morning and welcome to The Sunday Salon. Grab a cup of coffee, pull up a chair and let’s talk about books! I’ve been on vacation all week and in between helping my husband construct a new back deck, quilting, and taking a day trip or two – I’ve been reading! I [...]