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?

Even with rain and higher temperatures, we still have icy mounds that the plows left behind and big patches of white stuff on the north-facing slopes. It’s been warm enough to walk some days, so that’s always good!

What are you reading?

I’m just about finished with Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall. That’s been a fun book to read. My plan is to post the review on Valentine’s Day. It’s not your conventional romance, but it will be fun for the day, anyway.

I nabbed a skip-the-line copy of Nora Roberts new novel, The Mirror. So that’s next on the list.

I also want to start Master Slave Husband Wife: An Epic Journey from Slavery to Freedom by Ilyon Woo, because that’s our February Black History Month selection for our book club.

What are you watching?

We watched The Conclave this week and enjoyed it. We thought there were some flaws in the plot, but they didn’t detract from the experience of a process that seems shrouded in mystery. At one point, I said this feels like Grumpy Old Men III without the expected humor. It was fine, but now I’m looking for a movie or series with strong women who get things done. The final season of Vera will fit the bill.

What are you doing?

I’m celebrating the various holidays that come around February 2. In the Northern Hemisphere, these mark the return of longer days now that we’re halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. On Friday, I journeyed (in fantasy) to join in the Biddy’s Day celebrations in Killgorlin, County Kerry.

For Sunday, I’ll listen again to this celebration of Candlemas, featuring sacred music of illumination. Given that this performance was at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the church next to Trafalgar Square in London, I was surprised and delighted when it ended with “This Little Light of Mine” and the story of Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights activist, singing that song after an arrest.

If you’re looking for a shorter, American performance, I enjoyed this rendition by Greta Oglesby as Fannie Lou Hamer in a show about the activist.

“This Little Light of Mine” feels like the right song for this moment. My little light and your little light and all the other little lights join together to illuminate a path out of our current darkness. Our little lights of justice and compassion create a beacon of hope for a better future.

How are you this fine Sunday?