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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Good morning, Bacon Neighborhood! I’ve been given permission to share a few journal entries from my friend Jack Barnwell, who has been chronicling his life and our times for many years now. I asked him to share journal entries from…
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…
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…
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…
My friend Brian Fitzpatrick, a Law School Professor at Vanderbilt, is trying to figure out Life in the Time of Corona, like the rest of us. He’s wondering what – exactly – comes next, and when. (Like the rest of…
It’s 5:00 somewhere… oh, actually here in Nashville! Another Friday night home in the Time of Corona. I’m delighted for Paige and Bill Bainbridge to stop in and share a few laughs – while keeping it real.
For a lot of us, there’s a balancing act going on right now – feelings of gratitude, on the one hand, and loss on the other. There’s a loneliness for casual interactions with the people you like at the grocery…
It was announced yesterday that Governor Bill Lee has suspended all alcohol sales in Tennessee beginning Friday. Jaws dropped. Hearts raced. A wave of unrest swept social media. Total sobriety in the Time of Corona? And then…