Hello fellow Sunday Saloners! Well it sure has been a busy weekend in the news. From the U.S. Olympic team racking up the medals to the awful and horrible stabbings in Beijing to a not so perfect politician from North Carolina and a war brewing in Eastern Europe, it’s been a weekend for watching television.
I have managed to find time to do some reading and am about halfway done with Judith Marks-White’s chick-lit romp, Bachelor Degree. I’m going to try to get a bit more read this evening Having just woke from a nice nap just now, I feel refreshed and ready to go.
We’ve got a great book giveaway going on here at Planet Books running through next Sunday. You can check that out HERE. Also, earlier this week I asked the question, “Are you finding a common theme throughout the settings of your books this summer?” I am reading the seventh book this year which is set in New York City. What about you? Have you been a frequent “armchair” flyer to a common destination? Check out my post about it HERE.
Last week I asked what people thought about the way we read and how it’s changing in our world today. Between technologies and the Internet, reading material is everywhere but can reading on-line mean the same as reading a hand-held book? Check out my post and share your opinion HERE.
I am curious what your favorite Summer Olympic event is? I have been following the Michael Phelps story myself. He’s a Maryland boy who is just remarkable and having grown up in MD myself, I’m partial to his success. I also like the gymnastics events. I asked my acupuncture/massage therapist what events he would be watching and he said Women’s Judo and Women’s Marathon. Apparently Japan has great athletes in both events.
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My boys and I have been following Phelps, too – this is the first Olympics that my kids are really old enough to appreciate. I’m amazed that I still tear up every single time an American wins a gold and our anthem is played. Sappy, I guess.
I’ve been following the Olympics off and on this weekend as well as the news in Eastern Europe. I can only imagine what the athletes from that part of the world must be going through right now–trying to concentrate on their performances while worrying about what’s happening at home.
I took a little nap today too and am ready to sit down again with my book. First I need to move the laundry. I had almost forgot it was time.
Have a great week!
I was watching when Phelps won his first gold medal in Beijing. Watching him, his mother, hearing the National Anthem, seeing Old Glory, made me cry sitting here on the couch.
But, what I love is track – sprints, running stuff. I want to see Dana Hussein Abdul-Razzaq.
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