Sunday Salon for 14 May 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?
I lost count of the times that the weather radio blared Saturday afternoon. At our house we saw lots of rain for about 20 minutes with a little hail mixed in. Other areas near us had larger hail and flooded roadways. We may get more severe weather today. This is all pretty normal for Missouri in May
We’ve been experiencing highs well into the 80s. Sunday should be the last day of that. I’m looking forward to some cooler days.
What are you reading?
I’m stepping up to lead our book group this week because the scheduled facilitator had to back out. So, I’m speeding through Beautiful Country: A Memoir by Qian Julie Wang. Fortunately, I agree with JoAnn of Gulfside Musing who commented last week that this was a four-star memoir for her.
What are you watching?
Doctor Who, Season 11. I lost track of Doctor Who just as Jodie Whittaker took the role of the Doctor. Rick recently subscribed to HBO Max. I plan to watch the recent seasons as quickly as possible because this show has a history of jumping from one streaming platform to another. I want to see the episodes about the first female doctor while I have access. I’m on Episode 6 and I’m really enjoying it.
What are you doing?
My birthday week was delightful. I described my celebratory activities in Friday’s post about my favorite parts of the coronation and enjoying afternoon tea at the London Tea Room.
Me and my buddy, the King.
What are you writing?
During my birthday tea, my brother and I looked through a scrapbook and diary that my mother kept during our family trip to Florida. That was in 1973, 50 years ago next month. This weekend, I’m drafting #50YearsAgoToday posts to recount that trip day-by-day as it happened.
Here’s a sneak preview that will give away one of our Florida destinations.
Dad, Dale, and Joy in front of The Mickey Mouse Revue
How are you this fine Sunday?
I’ve been reading memoirs too and writing up reviews and reposting earlier reviews of books for AAPI Heritage Month. I haven’t heard of Beautiful Country but glad it was a four star book. There are many memoirs being written now by Asian American women, I find, and a few by the men also.
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I bet it was fun to look through the scrapbook and diary your mom kept from your trip fifty years ago. Love the photo of you and your brother and your dad! I haven’t made it to Disneyworld or D-land yet.
I will enjoy hearing more about Beautiful Country.
And I’m glad that your birthday week was celebrated in style in England. I’m quite certain they moved the coronation to coincide with your birthday week in honor of your love for their country. lol
Happy Belated Birthday! I bet it was so much fun going through the scrapbook and diary! I can’t wait to read your #50YearsAgoToday posts. I hope you have a great week!
I totally love your outfit in your 1973 photo! I would wear that now. Happy Belated Birthday!
Happy belated birthday! I will check that book out.
I like the looking back over 50 years, this will be fun. Hmmmm….wonder where you can be in the vacation photo? Lol
Oh my. I’ve never lived anywhere where there are weather alert warnings that blare into the wind. Unless you count the once a month alarm warning practice in case we have a lahar and all need to head to higher ground. (Volcano related)
Glad you enjoyed the whole coronation experience. Have a terrific week.
Terrie @ Bookshelf Journeys
Ohmygosh I can’t wait to see the Florida trip day-to-day! That’s so cool that your mom kept a diary / scrapbook! I’ve always kept a journal so it killed me that neither of my parents were writers of anything…no letters, no journals…nothing.
Belated birthday wishes! Your trip to the tea room sounds like a lot of fun. I think it’s wonderful your mother kept a diary/journal of your trip. With six kids, my mother never had time to write anything down, lol! I’ll look forward to your memories of the trip.
I’ll also be curious to hear what the book group thinks of Beautiful Country. Hope you have a lively discussion!
Belated happy birthday. Lovey the vintage photo of you with the family at Disney — and how great to have your mom’s diary of the trip as well! I’m reading the Lanny Budd series of books by Upton Sinclair, which will take me a while. Finding them historically interesting. I wrote one more Endwell post (a post-script to my A to Z series) about one of my own, personal brick walls from my teens. Please stop by if you have a chance!