It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to.

What else can I start this post with but a bit of a whine about the arctic cold that has settled over Pennsylvania and much of the country…

It has definitely impacted my every day since I’ve mainly been trapped inside the house, due to having difficulties with breathing in extreme cold. And it has been EXTREME. We’ve had windchill warnings left and right with windchills being -25 in some cases.

 Today, though, I am wrapping a scarf around my face and braving the cold so I can see my parents. I don’t have to go too far. From the house to The Husband’s truck and from his truck to my parents’ house.

I’ve almost forgotten what my parents look like at this point.

I am grateful they have wonderful neighbors who have been keeping an eye on them during the snowstorm and cold weather. Those neighbors have brought them food, cleaned their driveway, and checked in on them. The Husband has also taken food to them for me and stayed with my mom one day when my dad went to a doctor’s appointment earlier in the week.

I never thought I’d be happy to see temperatures in the mid-20s but that is what we are getting next week and that will make going places much easier.

What I/We’ve Been Reading

Just Finished

I just finished Miss Read’s Village Diary by Miss Read and enjoyed it maybe a little more than the first book.

I will read more books in the series this year.

In Progress

I’m currently reading Return of the King, The Blue Castle, and The Tiger in the Smoke by Margery Allingham.

I am enjoying all three. The Blue Castle is a re-read.

The Tiger in the Smoke is very hard to put down. I am very curious where it is going. It is my first Allingham. She’s a Golden Age mystery/crime fiction writer.

You might recognize the name of her main character, Albert Campion, if you’ve ever seen the British show Campion.

Up Soon

I plan to read Judi Dench’s book, Shakespeare, The Man Who Pays the Rent next. I have it on Libby so I need to get to it!

What The Family is Reading

Little Miss and I are reading The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy.

Two for Texas by James Lee Burke

What I/We’ve Been Watching

I’ve been watching Murder, She Wrote, Cagney & Lacey, the James Cagney movie The Public Enemy, and a great Lucille Ball movie entitled Lured. It was not a comedy movie and while I don’t know that she was the right actress for the role, the storytelling and suspense of the movie was worth pushing through Lucille’s misplaced casting.

George Sanders also made it worth it. He isn’t the traditionally handsome but he oozes sex appeal through the whole movie.

Last night I watched a documentary about the pianist and comedian Victor Borge. I added one about Fred Astaire to the watchlist that I want to watch with The Husband.

What I’ve Been Writing

I’m making a lot of progress on Gladwynn Grant Goes Back to School.

The first book in the series, Gladwynn Grant Gets Her Footing is free on Amazon in ebook form until Tuesday.

Last week on the blog I shared:

• Winter of Cagney: The Public Enemy (1931)
• Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot For January 30
• Book review: The Secret of Chimneys by Agatha Christie
• Top Ten Tuesday Bookish Discoveries I made in 2025
• Read The Blue Castle with me in February
• Sunday Bookends: A lot of snow, some cozy reading and watching, and some more snow
• Saturday Afternoon Chat: Major winter storm prep and mischevious cats

Some Housekeeping

Erin (Still Life, With Cracker Crumbs) and I host a monthly bookish link party called A Good Book and A Cup of Tea.  This link-up is for book and reading posts or anything related to books and reading (even movies based on books!). Each link party will be open for a month. You can find that link up for this month here.

Each week, I host the Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot with some great hosts. It goes live Thursday night but you can share any kind of blog posts (family-friendly) there until Tuesday of each week. You can check my recent posts on the sidebar to the right for the most recent link-party.

Now It’s Your Turn

What have you been doing, watching, reading, listening to, or writing? Let me know in the comments or leave a blog post link if you also write a weekly update like this.

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This post is linked up with The Sunday Post at  Kimba at Caffeinated Reviewer, The Sunday Salon with Deb at Readerbuzz, and Book Date: It’s Monday! What are you reading hosted by Kathyrn at The Book Date. Stacking the Shelves is hosted by Reading Reality.

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You can find my Gladwynn Grant Mystery series HERE.

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