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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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