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?

Muggy. This is the time of the year when I get to play “Is it allergies or a summer cold?” I woke up with a sore throat on Thursday. I blamed the Very High mold count from the day before. But, yesterday, I developed nasal symptoms, too. So, now, I don’t know. I tested for COVID, Flu A, and Flu B (did you know that you can get all three tests in one box, these days?) and I’m negative for all of those, so that’s good.

What are you reading?

On Thursday, our book group will discuss Against Technoableism: Rethinking Who Needs Improvement by Ashley Shew. We’ve read 158  books together, mostly about race in America. I think this is our fourth book written by an author with a disability. I feel like all my work on figuring out how to be anti-racist should make the process of rooting out my ableism easier. I suppose it is, but only from the perspective that I’m used to having to unlearn things that I was unaware that I learned, so that I can learn a more humane approach that better reflects my values.

I’m currently listening to How We Learn to Brave: Decisive Moments in Life and Faith by Mariann Edgar Budde, the Episcopal Bishop of Washington.

I was first aware of Bishop Budde when she did the round of talk shows in 2020 after the Republican President had protestors violently cleared out of Lafayette Park so that he could have a photo op in front of St. John’s Church, one of the churches in the Washington diocese. She pointed out that the President’s message that day about militant domination was the opposite of Jesus’ teaching.

She talks about that experience in this video. It provided me comfort a few months ago and that’s why I wanted to listen her read her audiobook.

Bishop Budde made the news again in January when her prayer for the Inauguration Service in the National Cathedral included asking the President to have an attitude of mercy for the people in the US who were scared about his second term.

What are you watching or listening to?

We enjoyed the latest imaginative take on the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock & Daughter.

What are you doing?

I’m staying home to nurse this cold (allergies?). Fortunately, home is one of my favorite places to be and many of my favorite activities (like writing blog posts and reading) are excellent sick day tasks.

How are you this fine Sunday?