What if women are the calm ones? #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?

We had another storm with a tornado that brought down trees and damaged some homes. Fortunately, it was tiny in scope compared to the damage done by May 16th’s devastating tornado (for which we still don’t have desperately needed FEMA relief). We all get kind of jumpy every time that storms are in the forecast.

What are you reading?

I’m enjoying The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson, but it’s a much longer book than I anticipated. The library may scrape it back and I’ll have to wait in line to get a copy that I can finish.

I pre-ordered Mavericks: Life Stories and Lessons of History’s Most Extraordinary Misfits by Jenny Draper, my favorite London historian, but I’ve been slow to get to it. I’m finally reading it now. It’s the perfect book to read in 10-minute chunks of time.

I enjoyed her most recent video, about Monopoly, if you want to get a sense of her style:

In the next day or two, I want to start On Juneteenth by Annette Gordon-Reed. Our normal book club date of the third Thursday falls on June 19th this year. So, this was the obvious book selection.

What are you watching or listening to?

I like a series of lectures, presented in audiobook format on Hoopla, about Julian of Norwich. She’s the mystic who said “All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of thing shall be well.” That’s a calming mantra for me and so was the process of learning about her from this course.

What are you doing?

I gave, for the second time, a presentation called “Now What? Steps for Sustainable Action.” This time was at an independent living center for seniors. The best part of the whole experience was at the end. A 96-year-old woman came up to tell me about her time as an activist many decades ago. I was honored to thank her for her work and she appreciated the work that I described that people are doing now.

How are you this fine Sunday?

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What if women are the calm ones? #SundaySalon — 13 Comments

mae on June 7, 2025 at 6:00 pm said:

Today’s New York TImes had a long article about the Muny Opera and how it’s loved by Broadway performers as well as every SaintLouisan. It mentioned that it was somewhat affected by one of the tornados, which sounds worrisome. I definitely have fond memories of going to performances there.

Good luck with the weather!… mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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- Joy Weese Moll on June 7, 2025 at 8:47 pm said:
  
  Thanks for the tip about the article. I’ll definitely read it. I worked in the concession stands three summers in a row during college.
  
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Kristin on June 7, 2025 at 6:36 pm said:

I enjoyed the Monopoly video. Too bad her second version didn’t survive!

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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz on June 8, 2025 at 5:56 am said:

It’s terrifying to hear that FEMA still has not come to your part of the world to help those who were hit by the tornado. Is this really the way we want to be in the US?

Mavericks sounds like good fun. I’ve bookmarked it.

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Deb Nance at Readerbuzz on June 8, 2025 at 6:25 am said:

Here’s a couple of photos (at the bottom of the post) of the place where Juneteenth was first celebrated: https://readerbuzz.blogspot.com/2023/06/the-sunday-salon-hot-hot-hot.html

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Harvee on June 8, 2025 at 7:17 am said:

We usually love walking in the woodsy parks around here, but with the air quality deteriorating from the wildfire smoke from Canada, we have to stay inside much of the time, like today. Too bad!

Enjoy your week.

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Tina on June 8, 2025 at 8:21 am said:

I hope you get some relief soon. It’s criminal that FEMA isn’t able to get people some help.

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Jodie @ That Happy Reader on June 8, 2025 at 8:57 am said:

I’m so sorry that your area has experienced tornados once again. I hope everyone is safe. What an interesting conversation that would have been to hear this 96 year old speak about her activism in earlier years. Have a great week Joy!

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Cindy's Book Corner on June 8, 2025 at 1:14 pm said:

Our book club meets on the third Thursday each month as well. I hope you enjoy your book club selection.

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JoAnn @ Gulfside Musing on June 8, 2025 at 4:49 pm said:

I’m sorry your area has been impacted by tornadoes lately. Weather events continue to get scarier and I share your concerns about FEMA… especially as we head into hurricane season. Your book sounds good.

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Anne@HeadFullofBooks on June 8, 2025 at 7:52 pm said:

We all need to do as much as we can to make our lives more sustainable. Thank you.

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Marg @ The Intrepid Reader on June 9, 2025 at 9:09 pm said:

I just picked up The Summer Before the War by Helen Simonson and it too is a bit bigger than I was expecting.

I hope there are no more storms so that everyone can recover from the ones that you have already had!

Have a great week!

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jeanie on June 12, 2025 at 10:11 am said:

Yikes. Having just been through the tornado stuff myself, I feel for you and your area. I’m glad you were safe and undamaged. The sustainable lecture sounds really interesting.

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