I’m always trying to figure it out: how to be a better, wiser person in the world. Today’s post features three relevant books that will appeal to different audiences: the earnest, the irreverent, and serious Star Wars fans. If you want…
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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…
Back in the day, the end of July was still the middle of summer. No more! But summer’s still going strong at Bacon, with four more Summer Reading specials to finish out the series. Today’s post features Louis and Karlen…
David Ewing and Alice Randall bring star power to any gathering – Nashville luminaries much in demand for their wit and intellect, their kindness and sparkle. David is a ninth-generation Nashvillian, an attorney, and one of Nashville’s most knowledgeable local…
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that seemed about right: What this says to me is: Be humble. You might be wrong. It’s likely that you are wrong at least in part. I also love this church sign…
Rich Maradik is an entrepreneur and a family man, sometimes on the road for business and just as often on the road with one of his children for college visits, golf tourneys, or arts camp. He served as a page…
Today’s Bacon Blast features the faces, voices, and summer reading choices of thirteen terrific Chapter 16 writers. I’ve already chosen three new books from their recommendations and had a hard time stopping there! You won’t want to miss Chapter 16’s new website, just…
Today’s post checks in with Todd and Kate McKee on summer pleasures, summer memories, and summer reading! Todd McKee is, among other things, a craftsman of words and of wood. He’s an attorney by day and a woodworker by night (or…
“I don’t think my dog has forgiven me yet for putting him in that blazer and bow tie!” says Nancy Floyd, editor in chief of Nfocus. “Don’t get any ideas,” Pepper warns me. The July issue of Nfocus hits the stands today,…