Half Full or Half Empty?
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Okay maybe that’s a little strong and not entirely accurate. But don’t be traumatized or misled by the headlines screaming about the Dangers of Bacon! Read a little more carefully to get the full picture. Here’s today’s NPR article, which is balanced and…
If you’ve been reading Bacon this week, you might have made your list of What You Want. Today, behind door #2, is your next question: What Do You Want In Your Marriage? The rules are the same this time around: Nobody else’s…
Bacon Readers: I have an intellectual exercise for you today if you’re game. Make a list of what you want. Read that again: What You Want. Make it the most selfish list you can imagine, independent of any wish to…
Matt sends this post from Chapel Hill, NC, to Bacon readers and music lovers in Nashville (and beyond): Art is honesty; else you have entertainment, or distraction. Entertainment and distraction are welcome, even necessary at times, but there is something so different…
Lately I’ve been sitting on the back porch at dusk watching the bats emerge. First I’ll see one or two skittering high above, then six or eight will appear as if out of thin air. After that, I lose count;…
Arne Weingart made quite an impression at his niece Sherrie Gordon Eisenman’s birthday party. “I have vivid and fond memories of Arne singing folk songs at my party in December of 1965. The playroom was full of wall to wall mattresses,…
The Authors in the Round dinner tonight at War Memorial Auditorium promises not only an intimate evening of delightful conversation with friends but also a chance to meet the author you’re crushing on. It’s a seriously good evening. This…
Hometown heroes make Nashville proud at the Southern Festival this weekend! Don’t miss the chance to support them at their panel discussions or under the tents with the booksellers. Thank you, hometown heroes, for giving us books that sing. Read…
Lauren Groff’s Fates and Furies is the book of the moment, a smart and compelling he said/she said that’s a lot closer to The Goldfinch than Gone Girl. Check out “A Bacon Guide to the Big Fall Novels” for a preview. Even…