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…
My daughter in 10th grade has been helping organize a high school dance called “An Evening in Paris.” The student council settled on the theme last month, but it doesn’t feel the same after last week. You know what happened in…
Don’t get me wrong – I loved the old Nashville, a city big enough for both the Grand Ole Opry and the Swan Ball. Plus a roller coaster! I also love what we’re becoming – a city imagining all kinds of new collaborations…
Friend of Bacon Elizabeth Colton Walls is a Nashville gal with New York style – and New York fever! She lived there for 20 years, and it’s not quite out of her system. She’s been twice this fall and especially enjoyed the play…
In The Book of Strange New Things, Peter is both Preacher Man and Man of God: a charismatic leader and a man who prays alone. He’s a missionary to the Oasans, who by the way live on another planet. He’s…
Pepper spent the holiday recovering from emergency surgery Christmas Eve to remove a “foreign object” in her stomach wreaking havoc on her system. (And I do mean havoc.) She’s been in a happy haze with the good meds, but she didn’t…
Friend of Bacon Louise Bryan kindly sent me the link to this terrific post, which I’m so happy to share with you today! Maybe you’ll find a peach on the list, too! I’m picking The Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach, based…