Pepper was bratting around the kitchen one cold day when I was trying to read. She couldn’t be content with anything – neither toy nor bone nor bed nor crate. I found myself equally out of sorts, though for a different reason….
My dear friend Caroline Shockley and I were talking about Valentine’s Day. Caroline, you may know, is the mother of two very active boys who have kept her at the playground (initially), and later, pool, track, baseball field and basketball…
Kristin Hannah didn’t plan it this way, but the publication of her latest novel, The Nightingale, couldn’t have come at a better moment, on the heels of the blockbuster World War II-inspired novel, All the Light We Cannot See. The Nightingale…
Many long years ago, when we were dating, Gus and I often went to dinner at the Rathskellar with our married friends Matt and Mary Osborne. They were our model of good things in marriage: they were young, and had fun together,…
When you’re meeting a person for the first time – at a Starbucks, say – it helps to know how to identify each other. “I’ll be easy to spot in a bright pink coat,” I emailed Nashville author Adam Ross….
I’m not even a Seahawks fan and I’m “stuck in a moment,” in the words of U2. I went to bed thinking about that final second down play and woke up thinking about it – that decision to pass 1…
You might find Friend of Bacon Brent Moody with a knife in hand at the office or after hours – but he’s no Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde! By day, it’s the instrument of a surgeon; by night, it’s the…
I had a bit of a shock when the New York Times named its top 10 books of 2014 – five fiction, five nonfiction. One of the works of fiction – Jenny Offill’s Department of Speculation – was off my…
O Canada – I’m so sorry for your loss! We’ve stolen one of your finest! She’s thriving in Nashville now: Martha Ivester blooms where she grows. At Creative Artists Agency, Martha helps create pop culture platforms and music partnerships for…