Roger Moore, Associate Dean and Senior Lecturer in English at Vanderbilt, has mixed feelings about Vanderbilt in spring. “The campus is of course at its most beautiful right now, so I am enjoying my walks to and from work. There’s definitely some…
Pepper and I went out for a walk the other day. Though some of the local daffodils were starting to look a little tired, the cherry blossoms were proud and showy. We stopped frequently, checking out certain tufts of grass, mailbox posts,…
Today’s post by Friend of Bacon Laura Cooper will make you think about the particular fantasy you’re buying when you spring for La Mer. But she’s not giving up on dreams coming true. From Laura: Fantasy can be tricky. It can…
You’ve either got a taste for the blood-drenched, sexed-up, medieval-flavored political brilliance of Game of Thrones – or you don’t. I figure I’m in good company with Margaret Atwood, who says, “Once sucked in, you stay sucked. Be warned.” I’m also expecting…
“If life always went exactly as planned, there would be no stories. If you look at it that way, a crappy day can be the greatest gift,” writes Sine Thieme at her terrific blog, JoburgExpat, and I can just hear…
Over Spring Break, I had a chance to take a deep breath and feel some peace inside. It’s not hard when I’m walking on a beach, especially on a cool day when the sky is grey and it’s mostly just me and…
Holly Conner – in a bold and creative move – duck taped her younger brother Forrest to the door jamb when he was considerably smaller. It seems he’s forgiven her, though: “Holly is the most loving, caring, supportive and adoring…
If winter has left you feeling more than a little grumpy and cooped up, you might consider one of the fun and fantastical reads in today’s post as we dream of Spring! Mermaids in Paradise, by Lydia Millet, makes the…
“Big Holly” and “Little Holly” lived next door to each other as freshmen at Duke. “I adored her immediately,” says Nashvillian Holly Conner about Holly LeCraw, who grew up in Atlanta. As “token” Southerners, they became fast friends, rooming together sophomore…