Everything I know about pioneers I learned from Little House on the Prairie. Or at least everything I remember. The Little House series and the show mix and mingle in my mind, leaving a deep impression of pioneer struggles (the grasshoppers!),…
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Jon Meacham is all over the news with his latest blockbuster biography, Destiny and Power: The American Odyssey of George Herbert Walker Bush. He’s good with an interviewer and a crowd – both a scholar and an extrovert – who…
Jennifer Frist and Kate Ezell bring high octane glamour and intellect to this year’s Literary Award Gala on November 14th supporting the Nashville Public Library Foundation and honoring local luminary Jon Meacham. You know what I’m talking about! Each of these ladies…
Generosity of spirit is one of the best things you can find in another person; though it’s hard to define precisely, you know it when you see it. It’s not naïve – but it is kind, and always looks for…
Throw out the pumpkin before it turns black; make way for the turkey and relatives! It’s time to start thinking about cards. And Santa. Trees and menorahs and gifts for the neighbors. Even if you’ve reined in perfectionist tendencies and…
Okay maybe that’s a little strong and not entirely accurate. But don’t be traumatized or misled by the headlines screaming about the Dangers of Bacon! Read a little more carefully to get the full picture. Here’s today’s NPR article, which is balanced and…
If you’ve been reading Bacon this week, you might have made your list of What You Want. Today, behind door #2, is your next question: What Do You Want In Your Marriage? The rules are the same this time around: Nobody else’s…
Lately I’ve been sitting on the back porch at dusk watching the bats emerge. First I’ll see one or two skittering high above, then six or eight will appear as if out of thin air. After that, I lose count;…
Arne Weingart made quite an impression at his niece Sherrie Gordon Eisenman’s birthday party. “I have vivid and fond memories of Arne singing folk songs at my party in December of 1965. The playroom was full of wall to wall mattresses,…