Mary Walton Jarman hasn’t let the election get her down. It helps that she’s 13 months old! Today, she shares some reading recs for the under-2 set – and some profound wisdom for the rest of us. Thanks to mom…
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Presidential historian Jon Meacham and his wife Keith have been paying close attention to the election. Like the rest of us! (Unless you’ve had to avert your eyes at this point.) Keith answers a few questions for Bacon today, and you’ll…
Matt Osborne is an American original, a Southern intellectual and anti-intellectual who practices law by day and fights crime by night. In his cape. All tatted up. Cue soundtrack: Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones). I’m kidding about a few of those…
You can always count on Laura Cooper to elevate the Bacon conversation! Today, she thinks about the South, our “Garden and Gun moment” in national culture – and Marcel Proust. From Laura: Last week, Nashville hosted Bonnaroo for book lovers (otherwise known…
Where you can find Mary Jo Shankle is in her garden – here in Nashville or at their mountaintop retreat “Shankri-la” in Sewanee. After the Sir Winston Churchill narcissi and irises and peonies come the hydrangeas. Then the coneflowers and zinnias, bee balm…
A boy from Knoxville and a girl who grew up in Memphis found some pretty good real estate in Nashville: the Tennessee Governor’s Residence! Today’s post concludes the Summer Reading series at Bacon, featuring Governor Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy. In a taxing…
For Jay and Christi Turner, the end of the summer is also the end of of an era: their oldest daughter leaves for college this month. She’s going to their alma mater, and they’ll try to keep a close eye…
When Kroger featured decorative ceramic pumpkins outside this week, I was aghast. Then offended! Then resigned. It’s not like I’ve never seen a decorative pumpkin in August before, but it’s always jarring. Summer is still sizzling in Nashville and at Bacon! This…
Today’s Bacon features a timelessly elegant Nashville couple, Steve and Carolyn Taylor, reflecting on ancestors, historic castles, the Wizarding World of Harry Potter, and all things good about summer! Steve cuts a fine figure in a tuxedo and entertains the…