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Hello everyone! I am so happy that it is September, because that means hopefully autumn weather will be here to stay eventually. We just had a week of beautiful weather, and now are heading into that heat wave that much of the US is supposed to get. I am going to forge ahead with autumn vibes despite the weather, because who knows when we will get for real cool weather. I think Wyatt and I are going to decorate for fall this upcoming week – after school of course, because we start back on Tuesday! I have Billy hard at work hanging a few new things I got for school, and I have been organizing and straightening and gathering supplies for weeks now. I am pretty sure we are just about ready!
Reading:
I started this when we were on vacation in Northern Michigan, and while I was only able to read a tiny bit while vacationing, once we got back home I have been reading and listening to it every chance I get it. I am almost done, and will more than likely finish up today. I am reading it a bit, but once I started the audio version read by Meryl Streep I couldn’t stop with the audio. This book is beautiful and nostalgic and Streep just adds another layer of beauty with her skills as an actress. I started off not being super excited about this book, but as the story really started to get moving, I am obsessed.
Reading Next:
I absolutely loved The Firekeeper’s Daughter by Boulley, and I am looking forward to this one as well.
Posted Last Week:
Northern Michigan Trip – Part One
Up North Trip – Part Three Raven Hill Discovery Center
Watching and Listening:
We spent yesterday listening to some Jimmy Buffett, in honor of his passing. We also ate cheeseburgers as a cheeseburgers in Paradise tribute. I love Jimmy Buffett, and I have so many happy memories of his concerts. My dad and I went to one together, then Billy and my dad and I a few times. Just pure happiness, those concerts. We ate at Margaritaville in both the Keys and New Orleans, after driving alllll the way down there for vacations, more than likely singing along to Buffett at times during the drive. I shed a few tears for his passing yesterday, while we were eating our burgers and listening to his music. The song “He Went to Paris” always gets me a little teary, but even more so last night.
Wyatt and I have been listening to the new Okee Dokee Brothers album, Brambletown. It is super cute and Wyatt loves all music, and has loved the Okee Dokee Brothers for years and years. And I have to say, I have too.
As for watching, Billy and I have been finishing up the newest season of Murdoch Mysteries, which ended on quite the finale! We also are watching the newest season of When Calls the Heart, and started Over the Garden Wall, which is perfectly autumnal and I love it. It is super quirky and weird and sort of creepy. I love the music and the whole look of it and am really enjoying it. Oh, and we started season 2 of Hotel Portofino, which I love, it is so visually beautiful. We are also watching Newhart with Wyatt before bed. It is so cute, he asks to watch it every night. Lol.
Lisa from Boondock Ramblings and I are also starting one of our movie watches again this week! We are starting with The Shop Around the Corner, which I believe Billy and I are watching tonight. I am looking forward to our fall picks!
And that is it from my corner of Michigan this morning! I hope all is well in your neighborhood.
I was sad about Jimmy Buffet. I’m grateful he has left a legacy of wonderful music. Looking forward to Tom Lake — a friend is reading it now and will pass it on. Patchett never disappoints!
You will love it!!
And he really did. We have been listening to him off and on all week.
We also listened to Jimmy Buffet last night, it was so sad when I heard he died. You got to see him several times!! I live in Flroida and never did see him. Regrets.
I was so upset at the news! He seemed like a force of nature that would be here forever.
I did!! They were such fun concerts!!
That’s such a powerful line—“Some of it’s magic, some of it’s tragic”—so true of life. Sad Jimmy Buffet is gone.
I’m looking forward to reading Tom Lake when I get back from our trip. And now I’d like to look for the audio version—love Meryl Streep.
I know, it gets me every time I hear it. It’s so very true.
I loved the audio version and definitely recommend it!
The Ann Patchett book sounds so good! Hearing Meryl Streep read it makes me want to grab and audio book.
Enjoy your week.
Yes!!! Do it!!!!
We will be getting that heat wave, too – not looking forward to 95 degree temps this week! Hopefully it will get out of here quickly and we can get into fall!
Ugh me either!! I am hoping that yesterday was the worst of it for us, and that today it starts to cool off again. Lol. I hope that you have better weather soon!
Those kids books look so cute!!!!
Brambletown is adorable!
Merely Streep as a narrator would tempt me.
I hope the weather is mild, we are in the first week of Spring so Inexpect it will start heating up here soon.
Wishing you a wonderful reading week
Meryl Streep brings this book to life! I loved her reading of it.
I am so ready for the heat to be gone for a while. Lol. I will be ready for it again in the spring though!
I hope you all have a fun and successful start to the school year! This is my second year NOT homeschooling and it still seems weird not to be preparing. Have a great week!
That must feel so weird!! Today was our first day and we are off to a good start!
It’s sad about Jimmy Buffett. I like to think he had a good life with good music and even some margaritas.
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I believe there were many margaritas in his life. I was so sad about his passing!
I’m so glad you’re loving Tom Lake… the audio was just amazing. I’m sure it will be among my favorites (if no the favorite) this year. Fall decorating will be happening here this week, too!
Oh my gosh, it was amazing. I thought I could start a new book this week, but I am still holding onto Tom Lake in my head and I can’t. Lol.
We went to Lake Michigan yesterday and the waves were rough but it was exhilarating to be out there. A lot cooler by the lake too. If you’re ever in Grand Haven and want good pizza we went to aplace called the Clover Bar. It’s a little hole in the wall place but good!
Oo I will keep that in mind!! We love the west side of Michigan (and I want you to know we say that all the time, like the west side gangsta style. Lol) We love a hole in the wall pizza place!
You convinced me — I’ll go with the audio for Tom Lake.
Such a lovely tribute to Jimmy Buffett. Thanks!
Oh my gosh, I think you will love it. Meryl Streep made it come alive.
And thanks!
Jimmy Buffet is a legend. Sad that he gone.
Have a great week.
He really was!
Last week was so nice and then it turned quite warm. I think the coming week will be warm, too. The nice thing about this heat (if anything nice can be said about it) is it hasn’t been humid. That’s a weird thing for Indiana.
My oldest son is a real Parrothead and has a parrot tattoo. He went to several concerts. I was so shocked to read about Jimmy Buffet’s death because he just seemed a little it immortal, you know? It seems we are losing so many of the good ones.
I hope your first week of school goes well!
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I can’t believe that it’s September already!
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I see a lot of people like Tom Lake. I’ll have to give it a try. Hot week coming up for us too here in Ohio. Have a good reading week.
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I really loved it. I was sort of iffy about it, then when I started I didn’t love it right away, and then.. I was all in. Have a good week, and stay cool!
I really enjoyed Warrior Girl Unearthed and hope you do too. I was also sad to hear about Jimmy Buffet’s passing. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
I was really sad about Jimmy Buffett. I still am! He seemed like a force of nature that would be around forever.
We’re having a heatwave this week which is weird as you go for a run and there’s a misty park and a later sunrise then it’s boiling later on.
I hate this hot weather. Lol. I am so over it!! And ugh that sounds like here. It is miserable.
Over the Garden Wall looks adorable! I think I’ll have to check that out.
It is super cute, and sometime a little weird and creepy but I love it!
This week has started off so mild weather wise, which is so unusual for this time of year. Summer weather usually hangs on until mid-October. I do hope this cooler weather will last, but I am skeptical. I hope the new school year has gotten off to a good start! I haven’t read much by Ann Patchett, but what I have read I loved. I am interested in Tom Lake and am glad you are enjoying it. I hope you have a great week!
Ugh it is so gross here. Rainy, humid, sunny, steamy. Bleh. I am ready for cooler and more mild temps! I haven’t read much by her either! This one was so so good!