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Everyone I know is working on their fall calendars right now.   Today’s post features some hot happenings for yours, Nashville readers! 1.  Salon@615 has an incredible lineup of authors speaking this fall, many of them at Nashville’s Downtown Public Library but several of…

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The serious business of fall is almost upon us:  sporting events, social events, the acquisition of mums.  Almost!  But not today. If you need one last summertime read, you might pick up The Girls, by Emma Cline – a smart, sexy novel that’s spent most…

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Where you can find Mary Jo Shankle is in her garden – here in Nashville or at their mountaintop retreat “Shankri-la” in Sewanee.  After the Sir Winston Churchill narcissi and irises and peonies come the hydrangeas.  Then the coneflowers and zinnias, bee balm…

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A boy from Knoxville and a girl who grew up in Memphis found some pretty good real estate in Nashville: the Tennessee Governor’s Residence!  Today’s post concludes the Summer Reading series at Bacon, featuring Governor Bill Haslam and his wife, Crissy.  In a taxing…

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For Jay and Christi Turner, the end of the summer is also the end of of an era: their oldest daughter leaves for college this month.  She’s going to their alma mater, and they’ll try to keep a close eye…

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I’m always trying to figure it out: how to be a better, wiser person in the world.  Today’s post features three relevant books that will appeal to different audiences: the earnest, the irreverent, and serious Star Wars fans.  If you want…

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When Kroger featured decorative ceramic pumpkins outside this week, I was aghast.  Then offended!  Then resigned.  It’s not like I’ve never seen a decorative pumpkin in August before, but it’s always jarring.  Summer is still sizzling in Nashville and at Bacon! This…

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