Picture a luscious, grown-up Goldilocks and you’ve got a starting point for Karlen Garrard. Her thick golden curls are always beautifully coiffed – or pulled back – and she has a vibrant curiosity and sweetness that I find a rare…
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In a perfect world, Dara would start each day with an apple fritter or other sweet treat from the Donut Den. But she’s no cream puff! Dara is one of those lovely Southern women who would have smiled at a…
It’s nice to see a husband and wife team work together like peanut butter and jelly; cookies and milk; bacon and eggs! Neil Krugman and Lee Pratt have rustled up a sell-out crowd for Authors in the Round tomorrow night, this year’s…
Years ago, I tried some yoga classes with my friend Liza Graves. I remember the very particular fragrance of incense and sweat that just about knocked me out at the top of the stairs of the old Sanctuary studio. Yoga eventually…
My friend Elizabeth makes me think of that famous fairy tale character with hair dark as ebony and skin white as snow. In some ways, she’s lived a fairy tale: she was the little girl who became a ballerina. With…
Bacon contributor Mary Jo Shankle recently wrote a beautiful post on Welty’s Delta Wedding and wanted to share an unusual opportunity. From Mary Jo: A note to Welty fans in the middle Tennessee area…the downtown branch of the Nashville Public Library…
Nicki Pendleton Wood has found the sweet spot: she’s a smart and enthusiastic foodie without being a snob. That’s not to say she doesn’t have strong opinions! Breakfast food in particular brings out her inner critic: “even the words…
Yesterday’s post featured author Lyn Fairchild Hawks’ novel, How Wendy Redbird Dancing Survived the Dark Ages of Nought. Lyn’s experience as a teacher in economically diverse and racially mixed schools shaped her novel (and her life) in profound ways. Today she answers…
I’ve long admired my friend and regular Bacon contributor Lawrence Cook for having clear goals and working towards them with conviction. I recently asked about her current goals. “Right now, my goals are to look forward, pay it back, and listen,”…