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The Man Booker Prize might be my favorite of the big literary awards… don’t tell the National Book Award or Pulitzer Prize committees!  I suppose I still look to the Mother Country for some important things, such as royal babies,…

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The vote for Scottish independence will be held on September 18th, and emotions are running high across the Pond.   For a long time it seemed that the vote wouldn’t even be close, with a significant majority of Scots inclined to remain united…

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Regular Bacon Contributor Patricia Eastwood keeps her feet on the ground, but she’s always got her eyes on the sky.  When she and Larry were married, the groom’s cake (made by the pastry chef at the Atlanta Athletic Club) featured all of…

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