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Kate Satz drove a pick-up truck to Woodmont Christian Preschool when our children were young and in mother’s day out together.  The rest of us safely trundled around in our SUV’s and minivans while Kate rocked the parking lot in that kickass…

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University School of Nashville math teacher and all-round great guy Joel Bezaire recommended some summer reading for me a while back: The Housekeeper and the Professor, by Yoko Ogawa.  I’ve since learned that Ogawa’s novel is also the Harpeth Hall…

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A free range reader takes chances on new authors, new genres, old classics, and books with great covers.  Sometimes these choices lead to brilliant discoveries!  But the free range reader sometimes buys a book in haste or confusion, leading to distressing…

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Regular Bacon contributor Monica McDougall (far left) recently spent “the most magical week” dove hunting in Argentina.  Her husband and sons enjoyed the hunt, while she and daughter Ellie fell in love with the land and the people.  Their happiest moments…

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