How will you be remembered? High school student Charlie Mahanes stops in at Bacon today to remember his grandfather – and talk about his own current fundraising effort. (Of course I’ve also asked him a few questions about what he’s…
Have you heard? Mary Oliver has died. The best beloved poet of our time? Yes. Maybe. But I’m sure – not only in my mind. She walked in beauty, like the night.
How to describe my friend Dallas… Imagine Nancy Drew, she of the yellow 1970s hardbacks – earnest, wholesome, smart, with that twinkle in her eye. Add some Bewitched charm and sparkle. Reese Witherspoon class and style. Do you have a…
The noise of the news is loud every day and voices of conflict are elevated. Yet important voices of peace are always to be found, including in the books that won or were finalists for the National Jewish Book Awards…
My top pick for Winter 2018 – Virgil Wander, by Leif Enger – simply begs to be read all cozy on the sofa with a mug of hot chocolate.