Yesterday, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announced that the state’s Safer at Home order will be lifted April 30th. Nashville’s may last longer. We’ll all have a lot to figure out, and soon. More on that in days to come. In…
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Gratitude is sometimes like tending a garden. You can cultivate it, for sure, with regular attention and care. But sometimes it’s more like playing in the ocean when you were a kid. A big wave sneaks up on you, washes…
Oak Hill is a bucolic suburban neighborhood – stable but always refreshing itself, well-tended, plenty of room to breathe. And dream. Play, if you’re a kid – run, if you’re a dog. But even – especially? – pretty suburban neighborhoods…
Sean Kinch makes a strong case for Hilary Mantel’s new novel, The Mirror and the Light (in his socks, from his back porch, making quarantine look good). He calls his review a “nudge to fence sitters,” and I think you’ll…
I got in bed at 3:00 yesterday afternoon and took a nap. Did I need a nap? I did not need a nap. I was feeling listless. Adrift. On a walk with my husband later in the afternoon, he had…
It rained and stormed all day in Nashville – the soggiest Easter I can remember. I spent a peaceful morning in bed with 2 Strawberry Pop-Tarts, a cup of hot tea, the New York Times, and my iPad. During the…
A friend brought me a bag of her homemade granola just because. Who knew granola could taste like love? Another friend brought me some daffodils. Are daffodils still blooming somewhere in Nashville? Apparently they are – and they look like…
Mark and Nancy Peacock, doctors here in Nashville, stop in at Bacon today with observations from the front lines and a report from their own home front. Who knew that chicken tenders at the hospital are so delicious? I’m also…
Vanessa Hickman, Assistant Vice President for Information Technology at Nashville’s International Airport, stops in today with some photos from our nearly empty terminals and her thoughts on the current crisis. Vanessa keeps her feet on the ground for now –…