Sunday Salon for 7 January 2023
Happy Sunday! Sunday Salon is hosted by Deb at ReaderBuzz. Check out her post and the links to see what other bloggers have been up to in the last week.
How’s the weather?
What are you reading?
I finished The Violin Conspiracy by Brendan Slocumb — such a great book to start the year! I’ll post a review after my book club meeting in case I get new insights from our discussion.
I started Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. That seemed to be a favorite book for a lot of people in 2023. I’m a little put off by the narrative style that keeps a distance between the reader and the characters. For now, I’m giving it the benefit of the doubt and reading for a bit longer to see if I can get past that.
What are you watching?
As part of Jane Austen January, I watched Sense and Sensibility (1995), the one with Emma Thompson, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, and Alan Rickman. For my British Isles Friday post, I explored the filming locations. I found stately homes run by the National Trust and a couple of holiday cottages where visitors can stay. It makes a fun fantasy trip in rural southern England.
What are you doing?
I listed my Favorite Books of 2023 for Top Ten Tuesday and enjoyed perusing the lists of other participants.
We got our organization off to a quick start on what we call School Board Election Season. This is when we corral volunteers to talk to the school board candidates about equity in schools. Enthusiastic community members met on Saturday to refresh ourselves on why and how we do this work and to plot the logistics. It was a great meeting! Now, it’s my job to follow up with support documents and emails to connect people. Then, a bunch of great conversations happen — a small, but effective, way of changing the part of the world that we can touch.
How are you this fine Sunday?