Posts under ‘Sunday Salon’

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 [...]

August 21, 2011 Welcome to The Sunday Salon. I hope you’ll visit the Facebook page for this meme and visit other bloggers who want to talk about books! I started my vacation (really a “stay-cation” as I am not going anywhere!) on Friday and hope to have lots of reading time in the next week. [...]

August 14, 2011 Good morning and welcome to this week’s edition of The Sunday Salon. I have been reading all week from Steinbeck: A Life in Letters and have been greatly enjoying this book. It is giving me insight into Steinbeck which helps me appreciate even more the work he did over his lifetime. This [...]

August 7, 2011 Good morning, and welcome to this week’s edition of Sunday Salon. Grab a cup of coffee, put your feet up and let’s talk books! This past week I finished reading and posted my review of The Long Song by Andrea Levy – a book I loved for its sharply drawn characters and [...]

July 31, 2011 Welcome to The Sunday Salon, an event that unites readers each week. Pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee or your beverage of choice and join the discussion! It is hard to believe this is the last Sunday in July. The days are flying by. We’ve been working hard to [...]

July 24, 2011 Welcome to this week’s edition of Sunday Salon. Put your feet up, grab a cup of coffee (or your beverage of choice) and get ready to chat about books! July has been a rather slow reading month for me because my work schedule got a bit crazy. I missed last week’s Salon [...]

July 10, 2011 Good morning and welcome to the Sunday Salon. I’ve had a slow week of reading because of work obligations. But, despite that, I did finish one terrific book this week as part of Orange July. First let me take you back to last week. I talked a little about Anthropology of an [...]