"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, July 5, 2026

Sunday Salon -- USA is 250 years old

Our grandson and his cousin enjoying the 4th of July parade yesterday in their hometown. 


Weather: Lovely, possibly too warm. We'll see. Our air conditioner pooped out and our new setup is coming the end of the week but until then we are lobbying for cooler than normal temperatures.



Happy July 3rd! Yes, you read that right. The small community where our daughter and her family live do the big fireworks show on July 3rd, instead of the 4th. We attended this year with them and had so much fun. The above video is a speeded up version of a portion of the fireworks display.

Gig Harbor, Washington

Lest you think it always rains in this part of the country: This photo of the Puget Sound with Mt. Rainier in the background will disavow you of this notion. We took the photo as we were leaving Gig Harbor and a fun afternoon with friends and new acquaintances.

Books since last update:
  • Completed:
    • Kin by Jones. Two Black girls who consider each other kin since neither has a mother. Motherhood becomes one of many themes. The other is the poor treatment of Blacks in America, especially in the South. Rating: 4 stars.
    • Madame Bovary by Flaubert. I finished this classic eventually but found myself really dreading it. Madame Bovary is really a pathetic character. Rating: 3 stars.
    • Agnes Aubert's Mystical Cat Shelter by Fawcett. This fun, cozy fantasy involves magic and cats.What's not to love? Review pending. Rating 4 stars.
    • Goldfinches by Mary Oliver and Melissa Sweet. A darling illustrated book using Oliver's poem for its text. Love. Love. Rating: 5 stars.
  • Currently reading/listening: 
    • The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Desai. I only have this book for a few more days from the library so I will likely have to get back in line for it to finish it up. It is for book club in August, so I will have some time.
    • Enormous Wings by Frankel. Another book (audio) will will return to the library before I am finished with it. Back in line I go.
    • Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Everyone by Burton-Hill. I am loving this book which I am reading with a Spotify program open so I can listen to each classical piece as the author talks about the composer, the time period of the piece, how this music fits in the history of music. I have already found some new pieces which I hope to listen to again after I am done racing through them for this books sense.
    • Lies My Teacher Told Me: A Graphic Adaptation by Loewen and Powell. Oh boy. This book is timely!
Have a lovely day!

-Anne
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