Snowmelt #SundaySalon
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?
The temperature reached 51 degrees (Fahrenheit) on Friday and rained a bit. We still have mounds of gray ice and snow that the plows made and a layer of refrozen slush on the ground. There won’t be any more melting for a while as we slip into polar vortex weather.
What are you reading?
I finished and reviewed The White Lady by Jacqueline Winspear for British Isles Friday.
I finished Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City (2017 Pulitzer winner) by Matthew Desmond (2015 recipient of a MacArthur Genius Grant) in time for our book group meeting on Thursday. The book follows several families over a few years as they face evictions in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. We all felt much more informed about the vicious cycles that poverty imposes on people. Among many things, I was shocked to learn that the highest risk factor for whether someone gets evicted is having children in the household. Yep, we’re setting people up for failure when they are at their most vulnerable and before they’re even capable of being responsible for themselves.
To give myself a break from hard stories, I picked up a novel from one of the funniest writers I’ve ever read — Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall. I’ve laughed out loud at least three times and I’m only on page 56.
What are you watching?
In another bid for improving my mood via conscious consumption of media, I’m watching Season 5 of All Creatures Great and Small. Since I’m the proud owner of a PBS Passport (a benefit of membership in my local station), I can binge watch the whole series. If you don’t have the Passport, consult your local listings for broadcast times. Each episode is also available to stream for free for a brief time after the broadcast.
What are you doing?
I’m still enjoying my Christmas decorations. I usually take them down on Epiphany. But that was the day before we expected to be snowed in for a week or more. I wanted the cheer of lights and red bows and greenery to make things cozy. I’m still not ready to let that go as we stay inside due to cold. There’s a medieval tradition that the holiday greenery be removed by Candlemas (February 2), so I’ll aim for that.
How are you this fine Sunday?