Sean Kinch, the Pekka Rinne of reading, is back at Bacon today with a fantastic round-up of summer reads and some powerful encouragement to go big this summer. From Sean: For me, summer is the time to clear the nightstand – and…
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Do you ever wake up with a dream that stays with you for a while, into the morning and sometimes beyond? I love those dreams, even when they are sad or troubling, because it seems like they deliver something important from…
“We want to know, I think, what it is like to be another person, because somehow this helps us position our own self in the world. What are we without this curiosity?” asks Elizabeth Strout (My Name is Lucy Barton,…
“David Bowie, Prince, Chris Cornell, and Johnny Cash are forming the most heavenly garage band right now.” (Noah Rubin, in comments on Youtube.) Grief, longing, ecstasy – strangely related. “Life is gone with just the spin of…
We’re on a journey, Bacon readers, through some current Wisdom literature, beginning with The Book of Joy a couple of weeks ago, stopping off at Delanceyplace.org, and spending some time today at a beautiful, lively, intellectually curious website called Brainpickings.org. “I…
Here comes summer, once we all survive May, of course, and many of us eagerly anticipate the simple pleasures ahead – swimming pools, hamburgers on the grill, maybe even board games. These are what author David Sax would call “analog” pleasures –…
Last week, Farrell Mason wrote about the “twigs of wisdom” we’re all searching for in her review of The Book of Joy. I’ve recently discovered a daily email delivery that helps. Delanceyplace.com sends a short excerpt or quote each day, usually…
“Each of us in our own unique way is scavenging our lives for twigs of wisdom to help build a safe haven for ourselves in the world,” writes Farrell Mason. We find twigs, we share them, our hearts feel full….
Oprah’s starring in a big budget production of The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO premiere, April 22), and Hidden Figures “Lost At The Oscars But Triumphed At The Box Office,” according to Forbes. The bold telling of these stories is no…