Barbara Kingsolver has a new book of poetry out – “How to Fly (In Ten Thousand Easy Lessons)”. It is marvelous. Her poems are readable, easy on the ears, honest; they cut to the heart of things. They sometimes feel like…
I’ve seen a lot of kindness the last 6 days, after taking a spill with Daisy the puppy on the stairs while spending a weekend away. A surgeon in Nashville repaired the 3 broken bones in my left ankle, adding some shiny new…
Dear Bacon Friends, Let’s leave Hadestown tonight. Orpheus has snuck into hell, begging Hades to let his lover Eurydice rejoin him in the world above. Hades laughs – scornful – but Persephone convinces him to give the young lovers another…
Today, we learn a few things about hell. Is this a political song? You decide… Why do we build the wall? My children, my children – Why do we build the wall? Why do we build the wall? We build the…
Bacon’s journey to Hadestown wraps up this week in three final installments. One fears things may not end well, and yet – one hopes. As today’s action begins, Orpheus been gone a long time, working on his song. When…