"Outside a dog a book is man's best friend, inside a dog it is too dark to read!" -Groucho Marx========="The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid." -Jane Austen========="I don’t believe in the kind of magic in my books. But I do believe something very magical can happen when you read a good book."-JK Rowling========"I spend a lot of time reading." -Bill Gates=========“Ahhh. Bed, book, kitten, sandwich. All one needed in life, really.” -Jacqueline Kelly=========

Sunday, August 15, 2021

Sunday Salon -- mid August


Weather: It has been hot and muggy. Today is sunny. We are also under air quality danger advisement due to forest fires in the region making the air smokey.

Vacation: We got back from a week-long vacation/family reunion last Sunday. Twenty-two members of my family converged at a resort in Central Oregon for a fun week of swimming, eating, playing games, hiking, golfing, meeting new family members, bird-watching, reading, sleeping, boating, rock-skipping, floating, mountain climbing, frisbee-golfing, communing with nature, arm wrestling, story-telling, food-trucking, singing (yes, singing), and mini-golfing. I love my family and feel so blessed.

 
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing: Years ago when my girls were young we took them to see a play called "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing" from the book by Judy Blume. It was a fun and funny play with Fudge, the little brother of Peter, played by a large man. Fudge hated to eat and would yell "eat or wear it" all the time. At one point Fudge upends a bowl of spaghetti on his head and runs around the stage screaming his mantra. Yesterday our daughter and her family shared a meal with us. You guessed it, we had spaghetti. Jamie, our eleven month grandchild loves spaghetti so much but he ends up wearing it. My daughter knew this and had him eat the meal in just his diapers. No other clothes. I couldn't help but think of the play we'd seen years before with Fudge running around screaming, "Eat it or wear it!" Hope the video works so you can see a moment of our meal.
The big guy is Fudge.

Books read since my last Sunday Salon in mid-July (click on title for review):

  •  Stitches: A Handbook of Meaning, Hope, and Repair by Anne Lamott. I found this to have some really important messages of hope I needed to hear right now. Print.
  • The Cold Millions by Jess Walter. A book club selection about the labor riots in Washington State in the early 1900s. Audio.
  • Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. We listened to this book on our way to and from our vacation locale. Loved it. Audio.
  • One of Ours by Willa Cather. My Classics Club spin selection for the summer. The book was longer than it seemed at first glance. E-book.

Currently reading:

  •  The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris. Based on the experiences of a real person, a Jewish man, who was forced to tattoo prisoners arriving in Auschwitz. Another book club selection. Print and audio. 75% complete.
  • Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri. A past Pulitzer Prize winner. A collection of stories about people of Indian descent. Print. 22% complete.
  • The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich. The Pulitzer Prize winner from this year and an upcoming book club selection. Audio. 9% complete.

A few funny/philosophical thoughts to amuse you this Sunday:






Have a wonderful week!

-Anne


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