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…
All The Light We Cannot See is taking flight like The Goldfinch. It seems like everyone I know picked it up over Christmas if they hadn’t before. Set during World War II, it is the story of a blind girl in France…
Pepper and I had a heart-to-heart following her “graduation” from puppy training. We went with our trainer to PetSmart, where Pepper was supposed to demonstrate all she had learned in the last three months, including sit, stay, leave it, drop it,…
Friend of Bacon Missy Wallace spends a lot of time with teenagers, both as a beloved college counselor at a local private high school and as a parent. She and Paul have three teens at home right now – an…