Sunday Salon: February 9, 2014

It is nice to see the sun shining this morning - we are preparing for another snowstorm (although I think it will be relatively light) but you would hardly know it looking outside right now. We got a major storm at the beginning of the week with record snow fall in Central Park.  I was able to get out for a walk two days later and caught a few pics of the Park encased in snow and ice - it was beautiful!

 Reading: This week I fininshed Glitter and Glue by Kelly Corrigan - what a great book! I found myself turning down page after page with passages that spoke to me. Kelly's mother (the "glue" to her father's "glitter" in their family) reminded me so much of my own mother and the author seemed to admire (and at times be frustrated by) many of the same things I admire and can be frustrated by in my own mother. My Mom and I had a chance this week to attend a reading by the author - Corrigan was interveiwed, took questions from the audience and then did a reading. You can see the reading in this you tube video - it gives you a great sample of her humor and her views on motherhood - keep the tissues handy!



Right now, I am back to Winter Garden (how apropos!) which I have nearly finished and then I will be on to  The Wife, The Maid and The Mistress by Ariel Lawhon. The book is set in the Jazz Age and, although that theme has been very popular of late, I have not read a book set in that era in a long time and am looking forward to it.

 Listening: Still on Stories I Only Tell My Friends by Rob Lowe. I haven't had much walking time (alone) to listen to my audiobook but since my parents left this morning and I will be back on dog walking duty, I expect to get some more in and finish this one off. Walking is the only exercise I am allowed until I see my surgeon so I want to walk on that more this week which will also allow for some listening time.

 Blogging: I am working through my review backlog - my goal is to have posts waiting for when I return to work so that I don't need to worry about that as I am getting back into full-time work. This week I posted my review of Love Water Memory by Jennie Shortridge and a Weekend Coooking post on the peach pie making scene from the movie Labor Day.

Watching: Olympics- I missed the Opening Ceremonies but saw some downhill moguls last night - my knees were screaming just watching them! And, of course, if it is Sunday, it has to be Downton! I am not as thrilled with this season as some of the earlier ones but I heard from friends in the UK that it is worth holding out until later in the season. With two more weeks of recovery on deck, I am looking for recommendations on shows to stream via Netflix, Hulu and Amazon so please leave any recommendations in the comments. I might try Mr. Selfridge with Jeremy Piven - have you watched it?

Planning: On getting out more this week.  It's time for me to move beyond "home only" recovery and get out a bit. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate.

Grateful: For all the uneventful to date recovery - the human body is an amazing thing!