Sunday Salon...Jan 12

Flowers I gave myself to help brighten the house and the dark days.

Weather: Miserable. Wet, rainy, windy, grey. Really depressing. : The kind of weather that the Pacific Northwest is famous for but it is actually less common that one would think.

Soup this week: my New Year's resolution is to become fit and trim. To get me going I've been making soup for dinner all week...Hearty Vegetable soup; Taco soup; and Zuppa Toscano. Later this week I plan to make curry chicken soup. It is perfect weather for soup.

Wii: In addition to eating soup it is time to get active so I dusted off the Wii Fit Plus. It must be hilarious to see me doing all the little tasks, like flapping my arms like a flying chicken, or twirling a virtual hula-hoop. I've also attempted (and failed) to take the dog for a walk every day. (See the above comment about the weather.)

Back to work after winter break: was a bit of a shock to my system. It is very nice to have my clerk back after her extended illness. She is working hard, making up for lost time.

Here there be dragons and other magical creatures: the highlighted genre of the month is Fantasy.

Currently reading (I didn't finish ANY books this week):

• Earth Girl by Janet Edwards---This book is my lunchtime book so it make take me a good long time to finish. Dystopian/Utopian.
• Between Heaven and Earth by Eric Walters---part of the Seven series, seven adventure YA books.
• Round House by Louise Erdrich--- my audiobook selection; this book has all the makings of a modern classic.
• The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown---nonfiction, book club selection about the USA 1936 Rowing team. It is slow going at this point.

Catching Fire: we finally went to the movie theater to see Catching Fire, #2 in the Hunger Games series. Loved it. I tried to recall the items they left out it but it didn't seem like anything crucial. Well done.

Poetry: This week I am hosting the school-wide Poetry Out Loud contest. Poetry feed my soul. Here is a portion of a poem (lyrics) by Richard Bruxvoort Colligan that we sang today in church. Enjoy!

O Christ, Surround MeGod be in the love to search and keep me;
God, be the prayer to move my voice;
God, be the strength to now uphold me.
O Christ surround me, O Christ surround me.
...
Walking behind to hem my journey,
Going ahead to light my way,
and from beneath, above and all ways,
O Christ surround me, O Christ surround me. 

                                                 by R.B.Colligan

May your week be filled with poetry, too.