Lily King makes no grand claim that Euphoria explains Margaret Mead, though her bibliography suggests extensive research. Reading it made me feel as if I could understand at least partially what it might have felt like to be Margaret Mead –…
Years ago, I tried some yoga classes with my friend Liza Graves. I remember the very particular fragrance of incense and sweat that just about knocked me out at the top of the stairs of the old Sanctuary studio. Yoga eventually…
Elizabeth James knows that winning combinations help make perfect parties, having planned one or two of those herself. She’s known far and wide for her extraordinary wedding and party planning skills. Thank you, Elizabeth, for sharing the news about this inspired event!…
My husband and I recently attended a dinner at Montgomery Bell Academy here in Nashville featuring celebrity chef Jonathan Waxman, who has opened the restaurant Adele’s (named for his mother) in the Gulch to rave reviews. Waxman seemed like someone…
My friend Elizabeth makes me think of that famous fairy tale character with hair dark as ebony and skin white as snow. In some ways, she’s lived a fairy tale: she was the little girl who became a ballerina. With…
Bacon contributor Mary Jo Shankle recently wrote a beautiful post on Welty’s Delta Wedding and wanted to share an unusual opportunity. From Mary Jo: A note to Welty fans in the middle Tennessee area…the downtown branch of the Nashville Public Library…
Nicki Pendleton Wood has found the sweet spot: she’s a smart and enthusiastic foodie without being a snob. That’s not to say she doesn’t have strong opinions! Breakfast food in particular brings out her inner critic: “even the words…
Yesterday’s post featured author Lyn Fairchild Hawks’ novel, How Wendy Redbird Dancing Survived the Dark Ages of Nought. Lyn’s experience as a teacher in economically diverse and racially mixed schools shaped her novel (and her life) in profound ways. Today she answers…
It’s a fascinating thing when a friend of your youth writes a novel. Especially a novel set in high school, when your lives were woven tight. Lyn arrived in Raleigh, North Carolina, in 9th grade, moving from northern California (France…