Sunday Salon for 3 September 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?
We’ve had some lovely walking weather. I’m so pleased!
What are you reading?
I finished The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner — review next week, if everything comes together the way that I hope.
I just started The Traitor Beside Her by Mary Anna Evans. That wasn’t on my To Be Read list, but it had to be next in line when I discovered that it’s set in Arlington Hall among the cryptanalysts in World War II. That’s the same setting of the novel that I’ve been working on for years, as evidenced by my last two A to Z Challenge themes (codebreaking in WWII and Washington DC in 1943). Oops! Fortunately, I can tell just from the title and description on Goodreads, that my novel is very different since it’s not a spy thriller.
What are you watching?
I finished Umbrella Academy, for now. The end of Season 3 left some open questions to be answered in Season 4. I can’t find a release date, but lots of speculation that it will be later this year.
I was ready for something very different, so I’m watching the ninth and final season of Endeavor, the prequel to the British series featuring Detective Morse and Sergeant Lewis that began in the late 1980s. I’m watching Endeavour with my PBS Passport that is a perk of my membership in my local PBS station.
I don’t usually talk about what I’m listening to, but I’m not the only person who has Jimmy Buffett playing non-stop today. Besides the obvious choices of Margaritaville and Cheeseburger in Paradise, I’m particularly enjoying a couple of songs that have big messages about life and death.
This one’s more serious:
Some of it’s magic.
Some of it’s tragic.
But I had a good life all the way.
And this one’s more fun:
Maybe it’s all too simple
For the big brains to figure it out.
What if the hokey-pokey
Is really what it’s all about?
….
You’ve only got two options:
Having fun or freaking out.
What are you doing?
I organized my bookshelf and a file cart to get ready for the next phase of the novel-writing course — writing the novel. Heh.
What are you writing?
I have the skeleton of my novel’s plot pinned on my bulletin board with a mix of index cards and post-it notes. It looks like this version might work for the long haul.
My British Isles Friday post this week was about BBC Sounds, which led to some thoughts about COVID and about the benefits of getting news reports from far-flung sources.
How are you this fine Sunday?
Good to hear that you finally have some good weather!
best, mae at maefood.blogspot.com
I love Jimmy Buffett, and He Went to Paris is one of my favorites. I quoted that same line on my blog today as well. I was definitely listening to him yesterday.
We need to try Endeavor. Everyone seems to love it!
Yes, Jimmy Buffett is right—I learned that when I worked in a primary school—the Hokey-Pokey…that’s what it’s all about.
He Went to Paris resonates with me right now, too. Thanks for sharing these.
Good luck with your novel, Joy. I intend to work on mine every day when I get back home!
Thanks for the advice about the books I asked about. It’s not like I have a shortage in my to-read list but I will start with the Dictionary of Lost Words. Will check out your review.
It was sad about Jimmy Buffet. I think many people were playing Buffet last night, we sure were.
Organizing things like bookshelves and file carts is total enjoyment for me. lol
We’ve had two or three gorgeous morning for walking lately, too! I just wish it would last, but the heat and humidity will be back this week. So sad to hear about Jimmy Buffet…
We’ve been out walking the past several days in nice weather too. Too bad the heat is coming back all this week. But there are books to be read, movies to watch, and audiobooks to listen to. Have a good week.
Harvee at https://bookdilettante.blogspot.com
That’s great that you’re moving ahead with the novel writing! I haven’t touched mine in months!
That’s a relief that someone else hadn’t gotten your story idea written first!
Our weather has been rainy and cooler, but warming up a bit not. Still, fall is in the air and I’m loving it. Good luck with your writing and have a lovely week!