Weekly Update for September 7, 2025

Welcome to my weekly update for September 7, 2025!

I’ve been fighting a cold all week. Yuck. I tested for covid twice and I was negative both times but I just can’t quite kick this thing to the curb. I don’t tolerate any cold or sinus meds well so I just have to suffer through every sniffle, cough, and snort. Poor me! 🙂

I was finally feeling well enough by Saturday to hike with my husband, Kleenexes in hand. We went to the Maroon Bells Wilderness Area and hiked to Crater Lake. My sister and I hiked this same trail when she visited in early July but this was my husband’s first time. It is a beautiful area and one that seems to grace a lot of calendars. My pictures below are from my visit with my sister in July (My hands were too full of Kleenexes and hiking poles to take many pictures on Saturday).

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All images © Jennifer G. at Introverted Reader 2025

1. Crater Lake. It had almost dried up when my husband and I visited last week. I don’t know if that’s normal as we get close to autumn or if that’s because of the extreme drought western Colorado has experienced this year.
2. Maroon Lake. I don’t think we quite hit peak wildflower season in early July but we were close enough.
3. A pika! This little cutie popped out right beside the trail as my sister and I walked by. It saw us then settled in, seemingly for a nice little chat with us, like Ratty or Mole! They make the cutest little peeping calls.
4. This is facing away from Maroon Lake. There was a wedding party on the far side of the meadow, just at the edge of the trees. What a wedding venue!

Posted:

(re)Viewing Last Month: August 2025–A new post I tried out to review the movies and shows I watched the previous month

Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill, read by Catrin Walker-Booth: Book Review–4.5 Stars

Read:

Greenteeth by Molly O’Neill, read by Catrin Walker-Booth–4.5 Stars

Sister, Sinner: The Miraculous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Aimee Semple McPherson by Claire Hoffman–3.5 Stars

The Gentleman’s Guide to Getting Lucky (Montague Siblings #1.5) by Mackenzi Lee, read by Christian Coulson–4 Stars

Currently Reading:

The Mythic Dream, edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe

The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy, read by Cristin Milioti

Last week I said that I was reading Cuba: A New History by Richard Gott but I didn’t get very far before I had to return it to the library. I’ll pick it up again at some point so I’m adding it back to my “to-read” list instead of adding it to my “Did Not Finish” pile.

Up Next:

My husband and I are taking a road trip this week so we’ve decided to listen to The Dog Stars by Peter Heller as we drive. We listened to Heller’s book The River a while back and enjoyed it so much that I recommended it to my sister. She couldn’t find it at the time so she read The Dog Stars instead and told me that we need to listen to it before we leave Colorado. Duly noted.

What did your week look like?

Hosts:

Deb Nance at Readerbuzz hosts The Sunday Salon and Kimberly at Caffeinated Book Reviewer hosts Sunday Post. Kathryn at Book Date hosts It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?

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